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William Joshua Allen
Representative from IllinoisHOUSEDEMOCRAT1861–1865ID A000152
LegislationHEADLINE
88%with Dems
of 379 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
88%with Dems
of 379 · both combined
Steepest move
+12 pts
1861 → 1863
still a Democrat
Career arc
Legislation leads. Each point is one Congress: how often they sided with the Democratic majority on contested bills, resolutions and amendments.
100%75%50%25%0%sides with Democrats ↑sides with Republicans ↓1861
1863–6438th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
92.8%with Democrats
of 209 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1861 → 1863, +12 pts — while still a Democrat.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below
Votes
Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, usually a bill number, how they voted and which side that matched — nothing is filled in by hand.
DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Feb 14, 1865S. 241LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 13, 1865noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 13, 1865H.J.Res. 1LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 1), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Feb 6, 1865noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 2, 1865H.R. 709LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 2, 1865H.R. 322LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 2, 1865H.R. 322LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 2, 1865H.R. 51LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 31, 1865noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 209 contested votes scored in the 38th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
2 Congresses37th · 186138th · 1863
Democrat · House · IL37th–38th
Term datesexact