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William Pitt Kellogg

Representative from Louisiana
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1867–1885ID K000069
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LegislationHEADLINE
22%with Dems
of 1,292 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
22%with Dems
of 1,292 · both combined
Steepest move
+15 pts
1867 → 1869
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 ↓186718731879
1883–8448th Congress
Sat as a Republican
23.7%with Democrats
of 38 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1867 → 1869, +15 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 3, 1885S. 2530No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1885H.R. 8138No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885noneNo 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
Feb 27, 1885H.R. 8280No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1885H.R. 8256No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 27, 1885H.R. 8256No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 27, 1885H.R. 8256No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 27, 1885H.R. 8256No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1885H.R. 8256No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 38 contested votes scored in the 48th 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

7 Congresses
40th · 186748th · 1883
Republican · Senate · LA40th–47th
Republican · House · LA48th–48th
Term datesexact
Members · Louisiana
WK

William Pitt Kellogg

Representative from Louisiana
HOUSER1867–18857 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
21.9%with Democrats
of 1,292 votes · 78.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested22%of 1,292 · combined
Steepest move+15 pts1867→69, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018671883
1883–84 · 48th · Republican · of 38 votes23.7%

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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 6 shown · 38 contested votes scored in the 48th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

40th · 186748th · 1883
Republican40th–47th
Republican48th–48th

Party switchers

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