WB
William Wallace Bowers
Representative from CaliforniaHOUSEREPUBLICAN1891–1897ID B000692
LegislationHEADLINE
25%with Dems
of 257 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
25%with Dems
of 257 · both combined
Steepest move
+13 pts
1891 → 1893
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 ↓1891
1895–9654th Congress
Sat as a Republican
30.6%with Democrats
of 49 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1891 → 1893, +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, 1897H.R. 7864LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1897H.R. 10090LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1897noneLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored
Feb 27, 1897H.R. 10090LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1897S. 3547LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 25, 1897H.R. 849LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1897H.R. 849LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1897H.R. 4808LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1897S. 3307LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 49 contested votes scored in the 54th 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
3 Congresses52nd · 189154th · 1895
Republican · House · CA52nd–54th
Term datesexact