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William Walter Phelps
Representative from New JerseyHOUSEREPUBLICAN1873–1889ID P000302
LegislationHEADLINE
26%with Dems
of 406 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
26%with Dems
of 406 · both combined
Steepest move
−31 pts
1873 → 1883
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 ↓187318791885
1887–8850th Congress
Sat as a Republican
10.4%with Democrats
of 67 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1873 → 1883, −31 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 1, 1889H.R. 1368LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1889H.R. 1368LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1889H.R. 11651LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 11651), 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
Feb 25, 1889H.R. 11651LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1889noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 22, 1889S. 3423LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 22, 1889H.R. 9051LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 21, 1889H.R. 12490LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 20, 1889S. 139LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 67 contested votes scored in the 50th 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
4 Congresses43rd · 187350th · 1887
Republican · House · NJ43rd–50th
Term datesexact