Bishop Walden Perkins

Senator from Kansas

SENATEREPUBLICAN1883–1893ID P000228

LegislationHEADLINE

9%with Dems

of 945 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

9%with Dems

of 945 · both combined

Steepest move

+8 pts

1889 → 1891

still a Republican

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 ↓18831889

1891–9252nd Congress

Sat as a Republican

14.4%with Democrats

of 90 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1889 → 1891, +8 pts — within one party label.

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, 1893noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1893S. 3741No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1893S. 3741No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3741), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.

Where this lands

YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Mar 3, 1893S. 3741No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1893S. 3741No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1893H.R. 9612No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1893H.R. 10238No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1893S. 3741No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1893H.R. 10349No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 90 contested votes scored in the 52nd 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

5 Congresses

48th · 188352nd · 1891

Republican · House · KS48th–51st

Republican · Senate · KS52nd–52nd

Term datesexact

Bishop Walden Perkins

Senator from Kansas

SENATER1883–18935 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

9.4%with Democrats

of 945 votes · 90.6% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested9%of 945 · combined

Steepest move+8 pts1889→91, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018831891

1891–92 · 52nd · Republican · of 90 votes14.4%

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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 majorityNay

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 90 contested votes scored in the 52nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

48th · 188352nd · 1891

Republican48th–51st

Republican52nd–52nd

Party switchers

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