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William Alexander Harris

Senator from Kansas
SENATEOTHER PARTY1893–1903ID H000258
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LegislationHEADLINE
81%with Dems
of 472 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
81%with Dems
of 472 · both combined
Steepest move
+26 pts
1893 → 1897
under one label

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 ↓18931899
1901–0257th Congress
Sat under another party label
79.4%with Democrats
of 63 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1893 → 1897, +26 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 4, 1903H.R. 17243No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 27, 1903H.R. 17No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 23, 1903S. 7414No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 7414), 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
Feb 19, 1903S. 3517No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 17, 1903noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 5, 1903H.R. 3109No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 27, 1903noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 27, 1903noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 21, 1903noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 63 contested votes scored in the 57th 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
53rd · 189355th · 189757th · 1901
Other party · House · KS53rd–53rd
Other party · Senate · KS55th–57th
Term datesexact
Members · Kansas
WH

William Alexander Harris

Senator from Kansas
SENATEO1893–19034 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
80.5%with Democrats
of 472 votes · 19.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested81%of 472 · combined
Steepest move+26 pts1893→97, under another label

Career arc

10050018931901
1901–02 · 57th · Other party · of 63 votes79.4%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 63 contested votes scored in the 57th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

53rd · 189357th · 1901
Other party53rd–53rd
Other party55th–57th

Party switchers

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