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William John McConnell

Senator from Idaho
SENATEREPUBLICAN1889–1891ID M000357
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LegislationHEADLINE
18%with Dems
of 88 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
18%with Dems
of 88 · both combined

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 ↓1889
1889–9051st Congress
Sat as a Republican
18.2%with Democrats
of 88 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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, 1891H.R. 6944No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1891H.R. 10881No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1891H.R. 13658No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 13658), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Mar 3, 1891H.R. 13658No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1891H.R. 13658No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1891H.R. 13658No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1891noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891H.R. 13658No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891H.R. 13658No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 88 contested votes scored in the 51st 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

1 Congresses
51st · 1889
Republican · Senate · ID51st–51st
Term datesexact
Members · Idaho
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William John McConnell

Senator from Idaho
SENATER1889–18911 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
18.2%with Democrats
of 88 votes · 81.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested18%of 88 · combined

Career arc

10050018891889
1889–90 · 51st · Republican · of 88 votes18.2%

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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 · 88 contested votes scored in the 51st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

51st · 188951st · 1889
Republican51st–51st

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