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William Shapleigh Damrell

Representative from Massachusetts
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1857–1859ID D000019
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LegislationHEADLINE
13%with Dems
of 133 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
13%with Dems
of 133 · 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 ↓1857
1857–5835th Congress
Sat as a Republican
12.8%with Democrats
of 133 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
May 22, 1858noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
May 22, 1858noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 21, 1858noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM 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
May 21, 1858noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 21, 1858noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
May 21, 1858noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 21, 1858noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
May 21, 1858noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
May 21, 1858noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 133 contested votes scored in the 35th 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
35th · 1857
Republican · House · MA35th–35th
Term datesexact
Members · Massachusetts
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William Shapleigh Damrell

Representative from Massachusetts
HOUSER1857–18591 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
12.8%with Democrats
of 133 votes · 87.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested13%of 133 · combined

Career arc

10050018571857
1857–58 · 35th · Republican · of 133 votes12.8%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 133 contested votes scored in the 35th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

35th · 185735th · 1857
Republican35th–35th

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