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William Parker Caldwell
Representative from TennesseeHOUSEDEMOCRAT1875–1879ID C000041
LegislationHEADLINE
89%with Dems
of 429 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
89%with Dems
of 429 · both combined
Steepest move
−3 pts
1875 → 1877
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 ↓1875
1877–7845th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
87.4%with Democrats
of 222 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1875 → 1877, −3 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 3, 1879H.R. 6462LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 6500LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1879noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Mar 3, 1879noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1879noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 6471LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1879H.R. 2423LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 222 contested votes scored in the 45th 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 Congresses44th · 187545th · 1877
Democrat · House · TN44th–45th
Term datesexact