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Wilder De Ayr Foster

Representative from Michigan
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1871–1875ID F000315
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LegislationHEADLINE
15%with Dems
of 279 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
15%with Dems
of 279 · both combined

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 ↓1871
1871–7242nd Congress
Sat as a Republican
15.4%with Democrats
of 279 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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, 1873S. 1537No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 2991), 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, 1873H.R. 3921No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1873noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1873S. 693No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 279 contested votes scored in the 42nd 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

2 Congresses
42nd · 187143rd · 1873
Republican · House · MI42nd–43rd
Term datesexact
Members · Michigan
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Wilder De Ayr Foster

Representative from Michigan
HOUSER1871–18752 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
15.4%with Democrats
of 279 votes · 84.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested15%of 279 · combined

Career arc

10050018711873
1871–72 · 42nd · Republican · of 279 votes15.4%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 279 contested votes scored in the 42nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

42nd · 187143rd · 1873
Republican42nd–43rd

Party switchers

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