Richard William Guenther

Representative from Wisconsin

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1881–1889ID G000516

LegislationHEADLINE

14%with Dems

of 576 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

14%with Dems

of 576 · both combined

Steepest move

−10 pts

1885 → 1887

still a Republican

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 ↓18811887

1887–8850th Congress

Sat as a Republican

6.7%with Democrats

of 105 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1885 → 1887, −10 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 2, 1889H.R. 12571No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1889H.R. 12008No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1889H.R. 12008No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · 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

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Mar 2, 1889S. 2851No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1889H.R. 1368No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1889S. 2511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1889H.R. 1368No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Feb 28, 1889H.R. 11651No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 105 contested votes scored in the 50th 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

4 Congresses

47th · 188150th · 1887

Republican · House · WI47th–50th

Term datesexact

Richard William Guenther

Representative from Wisconsin

HOUSER1881–18894 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

13.7%with Democrats

of 576 votes · 86.3% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested14%of 576 · combined

Steepest move−10 pts1885→87, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018811887

1887–88 · 50th · Republican · of 105 votes6.7%

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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 majorityYea

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

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Latest 6 shown · 105 contested votes scored in the 50th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

47th · 188150th · 1887

Republican47th–50th

Party switchers

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