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William Harrell Felton
Representative from GeorgiaHOUSEINDEPENDENT1875–1881ID F000070
LegislationHEADLINE
83%with Dems
of 692 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
83%with Dems
of 692 · both combined
Steepest move
−20 pts
1877 → 1879
still an Independent
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 ↓1875
1879–8046th Congress
Sat as an Independent
71.3%with Democrats
of 254 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1877 → 1879, −20 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 3, 1881noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1881H.R. 7255LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1881noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Mar 3, 1881noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1881noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1881H.R. 4592LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1881H.R. 4592LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1881H.R. 4592LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1881H.R. 4592LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 254 contested votes scored in the 46th 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 Congresses44th · 187546th · 1879
Independent · House · GA44th–46th
Term datesexact