WM
William Brown Maclay
Representative from New YorkHOUSEDEMOCRAT1857–1861ID M000032
LegislationHEADLINE
79%with Dems
of 534 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
79%with Dems
of 534 · both combined
Steepest move
−7 pts
1857 → 1859
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 ↓1857
1859–6036th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
75.2%with Democrats
of 234 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1857 → 1859, −7 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 1, 1861S. 563LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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 1, 1861H.R. 1009LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1861H.R. 1009LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1861H.R. 1008LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1861H.R. 899LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1861H.J.Res. 81LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1861H.R. 865LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 234 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
Democrat · House · NY35th–36th
Term datesexact