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William Calvin Oates
Representative from AlabamaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1881–1895ID O000005
LegislationHEADLINE
85%with Dems
of 1,074 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
85%with Dems
of 1,074 · both combined
Steepest move
+10 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 ↓188118871893
1893–9453rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
88.5%with Democrats
of 61 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1891 → 1893, +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
Aug 13, 1894H.R. 7971LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 13, 1894H.R. 7970LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 13, 1894H.R. 7969LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 7969), 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
Aug 13, 1894H.R. 7968LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 13, 1894noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 13, 1894noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 30, 1894noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 16, 1894H.R. 6913LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 15, 1894noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 61 contested votes scored in the 53rd 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 Congresses47th · 188153rd · 1893
Democrat · House · AL47th–53rd
Term datesexact