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William Thomas Ellis
Representative from KentuckyHOUSEDEMOCRAT1889–1895ID E000139
LegislationHEADLINE
93%with Dems
of 493 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
93%with Dems
of 493 · both combined
Steepest move
−4 pts
1889 → 1891
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 ↓1889
1893–9453rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
89.6%with Democrats
of 67 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1889 → 1891, −4 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
Feb 21, 1895H.R. 8234LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 20, 1895H.R. 8665LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 18, 1895H.R. 7956LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 7956), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Feb 14, 1895H.J.Res. 275LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 12, 1895H.R. 8767LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 7, 1895H.R. 8705LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 7, 1895H.R. 8705LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 7, 1895H.R. 8705LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 7, 1895H.R. 8705LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 67 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
3 Congresses51st · 188953rd · 1893
Democrat · House · KY51st–53rd
Term datesexact