WG
William Embre Gaines
Representative from VirginiaHOUSEREPUBLICAN1887–1889ID G000009
LegislationHEADLINE
5%with Dems
of 85 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
5%with Dems
of 85 · 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 ↓1887
1887–8850th Congress
Sat as a Republican
4.7%with Democrats
of 85 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 2, 1889H.R. 12571LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1889H.R. 12008LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1889H.R. 12008LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12008), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Mar 2, 1889H.R. 12008LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1889S. 2851LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1889H.R. 1368LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1889S. 2511LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1889H.R. 1368LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1889H.R. 11651LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 85 contested votes scored in the 50th 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
1 Congresses50th · 1887
Republican · House · VA50th–50th
Term datesexact