Roger Quarles Mills

Senator from Texas

SENATEDEMOCRAT1873–1899ID M000777

LegislationHEADLINE

92%with Dems

of 2,467 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

92%with Dems

of 2,467 · both combined

Steepest move

−10 pts

1881 → 1883

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 ↓18731879188518911897

1897–9855th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

96.4%with Democrats

of 222 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1881 → 1883, −10 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 3, 1899noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1899noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1899H.R. 12106No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12106), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Mar 2, 1899noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1899noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1899H.R. 8571No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1899H.R. 11916No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 24, 1899H.R. 11795No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 222 contested votes scored in the 55th 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

13 Congresses

43rd · 187353rd · 189355th · 1897

Democrat · House · TX43rd–52nd

Democrat · Senate · TX53rd–55th

Term datesexact

Roger Quarles Mills

Senator from Texas

SENATED1873–189913 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

91.7%with Democrats

of 2,467 votes · 8.3% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested92%of 2,467 · combined

Steepest move−10 pts1881→83, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018731897

1897–98 · 55th · Democrat · of 222 votes96.4%

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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 majorityYea

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 222 contested votes scored in the 55th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

43rd · 187355th · 1897

Democrat43rd–52nd

Democrat53rd–55th

Party switchers

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