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William Hinson Cole

Representative from Maryland
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1885–1887ID C000615
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LegislationHEADLINE
79%with Dems
of 28 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
79%with Dems
of 28 · both combined

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 ↓1885
1885–8649th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
78.6%with Democrats
of 28 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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
Jun 23, 1886noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 17, 1886noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 20, 1886H.R. 5887No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 5887), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
May 6, 1886H.R. 7480No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Apr 8, 1886H.R. 5690No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Apr 8, 1886H.R. 5690No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Apr 5, 1886H.R. 1297No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Apr 5, 1886H.R. 807No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 2, 1886H.R. 7479No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 28 contested votes scored in the 49th 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

1 Congresses
49th · 1885
Democrat · House · MD49th–49th
Term datesexact
Members · Maryland
WC

William Hinson Cole

Representative from Maryland
HOUSED1885–18871 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
78.6%with Democrats
of 28 votes · 21.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested79%of 28 · combined

Career arc

10050018851885
1885–86 · 49th · Democrat · of 28 votes78.6%

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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 · 28 contested votes scored in the 49th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

49th · 188549th · 1885
Democrat49th–49th

Party switchers

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