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William Cogswell
Representative from MassachusettsHOUSEREPUBLICAN1887–1895ID C000595
LegislationHEADLINE
7%with Dems
of 573 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
7%with Dems
of 573 · both combined
Steepest move
+23 pts
1889 → 1891
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 ↓18871893
1893–9453rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
13.3%with Democrats
of 60 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1889 → 1891, +23 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
Aug 13, 1894H.R. 7971LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 13, 1894H.R. 7970LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 13, 1894H.R. 7969LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 7969), 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
Aug 13, 1894H.R. 7968LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 13, 1894noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 13, 1894noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 10, 1894noneLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Aug 10, 1894noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 8, 1894noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 60 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
4 Congresses50th · 188753rd · 1893
Republican · House · MA50th–53rd
Term datesexact