WB
William Brimage Bate
Senator from TennesseeSENATEDEMOCRAT1887–1905ID B000227
LegislationHEADLINE
97%with Dems
of 1,762 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
97%with Dems
of 1,762 · both combined
Steepest move
−7 pts
1889 → 1891
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 ↓188718931899
1903–0458th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
100%with Democrats
of 49 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1889 → 1891, −7 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
Mar 1, 1905H.R. 17865LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1905H.R. 18467LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1905noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM 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
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Feb 27, 1905noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1905noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1905noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1905noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1905noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1905noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 49 contested votes scored in the 58th 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
9 Congresses50th · 188758th · 1903
Democrat · Senate · TN50th–58th
Term datesexact