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Willis Brewer

Representative from Alabama
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1897–1901ID B000812
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LegislationHEADLINE
96%with Dems
of 145 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
96%with Dems
of 145 · both combined
Steepest move
−1 pts
1897 → 1899
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 ↓1897
1899–190056th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
95.4%with Democrats
of 65 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1897 → 1899, −1 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
Feb 28, 1901H.R. 5499No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1901H.R. 5499No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 27, 1901H.R. 13705No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 13705), 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
Feb 26, 1901noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 26, 1901noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1901S. 2799No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1901H.R. 13705No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 15, 1901noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 15, 1901H.R. 14018No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 65 contested votes scored in the 56th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.

Service record

2 Congresses
55th · 189756th · 1899
Democrat · House · AL55th–56th
Term datesexact
Members · Alabama
WB

Willis Brewer

Representative from Alabama
HOUSED1897–19012 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
95.9%with Democrats
of 145 votes · 4.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested96%of 145 · combined
Steepest move−1 pts1897→99, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018971899
1899–1900 · 56th · Democrat · of 65 votes95.4%

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Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.
Democratic majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 65 contested votes scored in the 56th

By policy area

career

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls.

Service record

55th · 189756th · 1899
Democrat55th–56th

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40thWesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105thBen Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th
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