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William Darrah Kelley

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1861–1891ID K000062
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LegislationHEADLINE
14%with Dems
of 3,524 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
14%with Dems
of 3,524 · both combined
Steepest move
−23 pts
1879 → 1881
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 ↓18611867187318791885
1889–9051st Congress
Sat as a Republican
0%with Democrats
of 1 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1879 → 1881, −23 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
Dec 21, 1889H.J.Res. 11No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 2, 1889noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 2, 1889noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
3 most recent roll calls shown · 1 contested votes scored in the 51st 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

15 Congresses
37th · 186151st · 1889
Republican · House · PA37th–51st
Term datesexact
Members · Pennsylvania
WK

William Darrah Kelley

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSER1861–189115 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
13.8%with Democrats
of 3,524 votes · 86.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested14%of 3,524 · combined
Steepest move−23 pts1879→81, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018611889
1889–90 · 51st · Republican · of 1 votes0%

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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
Open roll call
Latest 3 shown · 1 contested votes scored in the 51st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

37th · 186151st · 1889
Republican37th–51st

Party switchers

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