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William Black Anderson

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEINDEPENDENT1875–1877ID A000236
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LegislationHEADLINE
79%with Dems
of 141 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
79%with Dems
of 141 · both combined

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 ↓1875
1875–7644th Congress
Sat as an Independent
79.4%with Democrats
of 141 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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 20, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 20, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 19, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Feb 17, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 17, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 15, 1877H.R. 3156No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 12, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 12, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 10, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 141 contested votes scored in the 44th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.

Service record

1 Congresses
44th · 1875
Independent · House · IL44th–44th
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
WA

William Black Anderson

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEI1875–18771 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
79.4%with Democrats
of 141 votes · 20.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested79%of 141 · combined

Career arc

10050018751875
1875–76 · 44th · Independent · of 141 votes79.4%

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Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.
Democratic majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 141 contested votes scored in the 44th

By policy area

career

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls.

Service record

44th · 187544th · 1875
Independent44th–44th

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