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William Appleton
Representative from MassachusettsHOUSEOTHER PARTY1861–1863ID A000270
LegislationHEADLINE
21%with Dems
of 14 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
21%with Dems
of 14 · 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 ↓1861
1861–6237th Congress
Sat under another party label
21.4%with Democrats
of 14 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
Jul 29, 1861H.R. 71LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 19, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 18, 1861H.R. 54LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 54), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Jul 18, 1861H.R. 54LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 18, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 17, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 17, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 15, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 12, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 14 contested votes scored in the 37th 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
1 Congresses37th · 1861
Other party · House · MA37th–37th
Term datesexact