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William McMahon McKaig

Representative from Maryland
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1891–1895ID M000488
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LegislationHEADLINE
74%with Dems
of 257 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
74%with Dems
of 257 · both combined
Steepest move
+14 pts
1891 → 1893
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 ↓1891
1893–9453rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
80.4%with Democrats
of 148 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1891 → 1893, +14 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, 1895H.R. 8695No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1895H.R. 8681No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1895H.R. 8518No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 8518), 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
Mar 2, 1895H.R. 8518No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1895noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1895S. 15No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1895H.Res. 119No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1895S. 1778No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1895noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 148 contested votes scored in the 53rd 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
52nd · 189153rd · 1893
Democrat · House · MD52nd–53rd
Term datesexact
Members · Maryland
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William McMahon McKaig

Representative from Maryland
HOUSED1891–18952 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
74.3%with Democrats
of 257 votes · 25.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested74%of 257 · combined
Steepest move+14 pts1891→93, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018911893
1893–94 · 53rd · Democrat · of 148 votes80.4%

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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 · 148 contested votes scored in the 53rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

52nd · 189153rd · 1893
Democrat52nd–53rd

Party switchers

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