RD
Ransom Williams Dunham
Representative from IllinoisHOUSEREPUBLICAN1883–1889ID D000541
LegislationHEADLINE
13%with Dems
of 364 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
13%with Dems
of 364 · both combined
Steepest move
−14 pts
1885 → 1887
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 ↓1883
1887–8850th Congress
Sat as a Republican
1.2%with Democrats
of 83 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1885 → 1887, −14 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
Mar 2, 1889H.R. 12008LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1889H.R. 12008LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1889H.R. 12008LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12008), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
Mar 1, 1889H.R. 1368LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1889S. 2511LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1889H.R. 1368LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1889H.R. 11651LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1889H.R. 11651LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1889noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 83 contested votes scored in the 50th 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
3 Congresses48th · 188350th · 1887
Republican · House · IL48th–50th
Term datesexact