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William Alanson Howard
Representative from MichiganHOUSEREPUBLICAN1857–1861ID H000847
LegislationHEADLINE
15%with Dems
of 534 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
15%with Dems
of 534 · both combined
Steepest move
+3 pts
1857 → 1859
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 ↓1857
1859–6036th Congress
Sat as a Republican
16.8%with Democrats
of 167 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1857 → 1859, +3 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, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861S. 10LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1861H.R. 865LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 865), 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, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861H.R. 971LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1861S. 563LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 167 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
Republican · House · MI35th–36th
Term datesexact