WB
William Emerson Barrett
Representative from MassachusettsHOUSEREPUBLICAN1895–1899ID B000180
LegislationHEADLINE
22%with Dems
of 72 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
22%with Dems
of 72 · both combined
Steepest move
−13 pts
1895 → 1897
still a Republican
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 ↓1895
1897–9855th Congress
Sat as a Republican
15.2%with Democrats
of 33 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1895 → 1897, −13 pts — within one party label.
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, 1899H.R. 12008LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1899noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1899H.R. 11683LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 11683), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Feb 3, 1899noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 16, 1898H.R. 10807LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 14, 1898S. 112LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 13, 1898S. 95LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 1, 1898noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 10, 1898H.Res. 309LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 33 contested votes scored in the 55th 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 Congresses54th · 189555th · 1897
Republican · House · MA54th–55th
Term datesexact