William Lindsay

Senator from Kentucky

SENATEDEMOCRAT1891–1901ID L000327

LegislationHEADLINE

81%with Dems

of 723 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

81%with Dems

of 723 · both combined

Steepest move

−20 pts

1897 → 1899

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 ↓18911897

1899–190056th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

51.9%with Democrats

of 81 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1897 → 1899, −20 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 2, 1901H.R. 9829No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1901H.R. 636No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1901H.R. 9047No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 9047), 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

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Mar 2, 1901H.R. 13705No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1901H.R. 10302No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1901noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1901H.R. 14018No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1901H.R. 14018No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1901H.R. 14018No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 81 contested votes scored in the 56th 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

5 Congresses

52nd · 189156th · 1899

Democrat · Senate · KY52nd–56th

Term datesyears only to 1891 · exact from 1893

William Lindsay

Senator from Kentucky

SENATED1891–19015 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

81.5%with Democrats

of 723 votes · 18.5% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested81%of 723 · combined

Steepest move−20 pts1897→99, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018911899

1899–1900 · 56th · Democrat · of 81 votes51.9%

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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

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Latest 6 shown · 81 contested votes scored in the 56th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

52nd · 189156th · 1899

Democrat52nd–56th

Party switchers

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