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William Seelye Linton

Representative from Michigan
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1893–1897ID L000341
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LegislationHEADLINE
12%with Dems
of 150 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
12%with Dems
of 150 · both combined
Steepest move
−0 pts
1893 → 1895
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 ↓1893
1895–9654th Congress
Sat as a Republican
12%with Democrats
of 75 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1893 → 1895, −0 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, 1897H.R. 10329No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1897H.R. 849No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1897H.R. 849No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 849), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Feb 22, 1897H.R. 10329No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 22, 1897H.R. 10329No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 19, 1897noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 19, 1897H.Res. 533No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 16, 1897H.R. 2153No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 16, 1897S. 894No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 75 contested votes scored in the 54th 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

2 Congresses
53rd · 189354th · 1895
Republican · House · MI53rd–54th
Term datesexact
Members · Michigan
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William Seelye Linton

Representative from Michigan
HOUSER1893–18972 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
12%with Democrats
of 150 votes · 88% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested12%of 150 · combined
Steepest move−0 pts1893→95, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018931895
1895–96 · 54th · Republican · of 75 votes12%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 75 contested votes scored in the 54th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

53rd · 189354th · 1895
Republican53rd–54th

Party switchers

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