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William Henry Denson

Representative from Alabama
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1893–1895ID D000253
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LegislationHEADLINE
91%with Dems
of 103 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
91%with Dems
of 103 · 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 ↓1893
1893–9453rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
91.3%with Democrats
of 103 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
Mar 2, 1895H.R. 8681No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1895H.R. 8518No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1895noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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 2, 1895S. 15No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1895noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1895H.R. 8234No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1895H.R. 8892No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 14, 1895H.J.Res. 275No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 7, 1895H.R. 8705No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 103 contested votes scored in the 53rd 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
53rd · 1893
Democrat · House · AL53rd–53rd
Term datesexact
Members · Alabama
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William Henry Denson

Representative from Alabama
HOUSED1893–18951 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
91.3%with Democrats
of 103 votes · 8.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested91%of 103 · combined

Career arc

10050018931893
1893–94 · 53rd · Democrat · of 103 votes91.3%

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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 · 103 contested votes scored in the 53rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

53rd · 189353rd · 1893
Democrat53rd–53rd

Party switchers

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