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William Steele Holman
Representative from IndianaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1859–1899ID H000732
LegislationHEADLINE
83%with Dems
of 4,014 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
83%with Dems
of 4,014 · both combined
Steepest move
+18 pts
1859 → 1861
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 ↓1859186518711877188318891895
1897–9855th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
100%with Democrats
of 7 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1859 → 1861, +18 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 31, 1897H.R. 379LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 31, 1897H.R. 379LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 31, 1897H.R. 379LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 379), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Mar 29, 1897noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 19, 1897H.R. 16LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 19, 1897H.Res. 18LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 19, 1897H.Res. 14LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 15, 1897noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 15, 1897noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 7 contested votes scored in the 55th 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
16 Congresses36th · 185955th · 1897
Democrat · House · IN36th–55th
Term datesexact