WB
William Johnson Bacon
Representative from New YorkHOUSEREPUBLICAN1877–1879ID B000020
LegislationHEADLINE
7%with Dems
of 226 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
7%with Dems
of 226 · 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 ↓1877
1877–7845th Congress
Sat as a Republican
6.6%with Democrats
of 226 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
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 6462LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 6463LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1879noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP 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
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 6471LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1879H.R. 2423LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1879noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1879S. 1784LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 226 contested votes scored in the 45th 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 Congresses45th · 1877
Republican · House · NY45th–45th
Term datesexact