Charles James Faulkner

Senator from West Virginia

SENATEDEMOCRAT1887–1899ID F000045

LegislationHEADLINE

86%with Dems

of 1,014 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

86%with Dems

of 1,014 · both combined

Steepest move

−31 pts

1893 → 1895

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 ↓18871893

1897–9855th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

79.7%with Democrats

of 158 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1893 → 1895, −31 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 2, 1899noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1899noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1899H.R. 8571No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 8571), 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

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Mar 2, 1899H.R. 11916No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1899H.R. 12122No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1899H.R. 12122No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Feb 28, 1899H.R. 12008No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Feb 27, 1899S. 5578No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 158 contested votes scored in the 55th 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

6 Congresses

50th · 188755th · 1897

Democrat · Senate · WV50th–55th

Term datesexact

Charles James Faulkner

Senator from West Virginia

SENATED1887–18996 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

85.8%with Democrats

of 1,014 votes · 14.2% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested86%of 1,014 · combined

Steepest move−31 pts1893→95, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018871897

1897–98 · 55th · Democrat · of 158 votes79.7%

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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 majorityNay

Counts toward scoreNo

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Latest 6 shown · 158 contested votes scored in the 55th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

50th · 188755th · 1897

Democrat50th–55th

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40th Wesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105th Ben Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th