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William Wallace Eaton
Representative from ConnecticutHOUSEDEMOCRAT1873–1885ID E000028
LegislationHEADLINE
78%with Dems
of 1,064 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
78%with Dems
of 1,064 · both combined
Steepest move
−18 pts
1873 → 1875
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 ↓18731879
1883–8448th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
81.9%with Democrats
of 155 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1873 → 1875, −18 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 3, 1885S. 2530LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1885noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1885noneLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · 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
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Mar 3, 1885noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1885noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1885H.R. 8138LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 155 contested votes scored in the 48th 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
5 Congresses43rd · 187348th · 1883
Democrat · Senate · CT43rd–46th
Democrat · House · CT48th–48th
Term datesyears only to 1873 · exact from 1875