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Wilkinson Call

Senator from Florida
SENATEDEMOCRAT1879–1897ID C000051
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LegislationHEADLINE
85%with Dems
of 2,557 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
85%with Dems
of 2,557 · both combined
Steepest move
−30 pts
1893 → 1895
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 ↓187918851891
1895–9654th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
56.9%with Democrats
of 65 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1893 → 1895, −30 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, 1897noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1897noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1897H.R. 1185No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 1185), 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 3, 1897H.R. 1185No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 27, 1897H.R. 10292No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 27, 1897H.R. 10289No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1897H.R. 1002No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1897H.R. 1002No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 26, 1897noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 65 contested votes scored in the 54th 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

9 Congresses
46th · 187954th · 1895
Democrat · Senate · FL46th–54th
Term datesexact
Members · Florida
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Wilkinson Call

Senator from Florida
SENATED1879–18979 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
85.2%with Democrats
of 2,557 votes · 14.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested85%of 2,557 · combined
Steepest move−30 pts1893→95, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018791895
1895–96 · 54th · Democrat · of 65 votes56.9%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 65 contested votes scored in the 54th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

46th · 187954th · 1895
Democrat46th–54th

Party switchers

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