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William Jerome Coombs
Representative from New YorkHOUSEDEMOCRAT1891–1895ID C000742
LegislationHEADLINE
61%with Dems
of 178 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
61%with Dems
of 178 · both combined
Steepest move
+9 pts
1891 → 1893
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 ↓1891
1893–9453rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
64.9%with Democrats
of 94 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1891 → 1893, +9 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 2, 1895H.R. 8681LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1895S. 15LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 20, 1895H.R. 8665LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 8665), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored
Feb 14, 1895H.J.Res. 275LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 7, 1895H.R. 8705LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 7, 1895H.R. 8705LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 7, 1895H.R. 8705LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 4, 1895noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 1, 1895S. 445LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 94 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
2 Congresses52nd · 189153rd · 1893
Democrat · House · NY52nd–53rd
Term datesexact