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William Pennington
Representative from New JerseyHOUSEREPUBLICAN1859–1861ID P000214
LegislationHEADLINE
6%with Dems
of 32 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
6%with Dems
of 32 · 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 ↓1859
1859–6036th Congress
Sat as a Republican
6.3%with Democrats
of 32 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 1, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 6, 1861H.R. 972LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 11, 1861H.R. 914LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 914), 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
Jun 13, 1860noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 4, 1860H.R. 350LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 13, 1860noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 31, 1860noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 30, 1860noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 27, 1860noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 32 contested votes scored in the 36th 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
1 Congresses36th · 1859
Republican · House · NJ36th–36th
Term datesexact