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William Ellis Niblack
Representative from IndianaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1857–1875ID N000083
LegislationHEADLINE
89%with Dems
of 2,574 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
89%with Dems
of 2,574 · both combined
Steepest move
+13 pts
1859 → 1865
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 ↓185718631869
1873–7443rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
89%with Democrats
of 283 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1859 → 1865, +13 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, 1875H.R. 2418LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1875H.R. 435LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1875noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Mar 3, 1875noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1875noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1875noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1875H.R. 3621LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1875noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1875noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 283 contested votes scored in the 43rd 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
7 Congresses35th · 185743rd · 1873
Democrat · House · IN35th–43rd
Term datesexact