WB
William Campbell Preston Breckinridge
Representative from KentuckyHOUSEDEMOCRAT1885–1895ID B000790
LegislationHEADLINE
88%with Dems
of 791 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
88%with Dems
of 791 · both combined
Steepest move
−13 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 ↓18851891
1893–9453rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
89.6%with Democrats
of 67 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1889 → 1891, −13 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 2, 1895H.R. 8695LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1895H.R. 8518LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1895noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Mar 1, 1895H.Res. 119LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1895S. 1778LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1895noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1895noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1895H.R. 4658LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1895H.R. 8234LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 67 contested votes scored in the 53rd 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
5 Congresses49th · 188553rd · 1893
Democrat · House · KY49th–53rd
Term datesexact