WG
William McKendree Gwin
Senator from CaliforniaSENATEDEMOCRAT1857–1861ID G000540
LegislationHEADLINE
80%with Dems
of 648 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
80%with Dems
of 648 · both combined
Steepest move
+7 pts
1857 → 1859
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 ↓1857
1859–6036th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
83.8%with Democrats
of 290 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1857 → 1859, +7 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, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861S.J.Res. 54LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.J.Res. 54), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Mar 2, 1861S.J.Res. 54LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1861S.J.Res. 54LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861H.J.Res. 80LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1861H.J.Res. 80LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861H.J.Res. 80LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861H.J.Res. 80LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 290 contested votes scored in the 36th 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
2 Congresses35th · 185736th · 1859
Democrat · Senate · CA35th–36th
Term datesexact