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William McAleer

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSEDEMOCRAT→INDEPENDENT→DEMOCRAT1891–1901ID M000294
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LegislationHEADLINE
64%with Dems
of 264 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
64%with Dems
of 264 · both combined
Steepest move
+20 pts
1891 → 1893
the label changed
Changed parties
53rd
D → I · first Congress under it

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 ↓18911897D→I · 53rd
1899–190056th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
70.6%with Democrats
of 51 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1891 → 1893, +20 pts — the Congress the label changed.
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.Res. 438No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1901H.R. 12551No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1901H.R. 12251No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12251), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Mar 1, 1901H.R. 14017No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1901H.R. 14017No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1901H.R. 441No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1901H.R. 441No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1901H.R. 9829No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1901H.R. 5499No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 51 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

4 Congresses
52nd · 189153rd · 189355th · 189756th · 1899
Democrat · House · PA52nd–52nd
Independent · House · PA53rd–53rd
Democrat · House · PA55th–56th
Term datesexact
Members · Pennsylvania
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William McAleer

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSED→I→D1891–19014 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
64%with Democrats
of 264 votes · 36% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested64%of 264 · combined
Steepest move+20 pts1891→93, as an Independent
Changed parties53rdD→I

Career arc

100500D→I18911899
1899–1900 · 56th · Democrat · of 51 votes70.6%

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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 · 51 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–52nd
Independent53rd–53rd
Democrat55th–56th

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