WR
William Whitney Rice
Representative from MassachusettsHOUSEREPUBLICAN1877–1887ID R000205
LegislationHEADLINE
9%with Dems
of 858 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
9%with Dems
of 858 · both combined
Steepest move
+8 pts
1881 → 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 ↓18771883
1885–8649th Congress
Sat as a Republican
9.5%with Democrats
of 148 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1881 → 1883, +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, 1887noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887S. 183LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1887S. 929LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 929), 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
Mar 2, 1887H.R. 10793LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1887S. 3173LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1887S. 3173LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1887H.R. 4833LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1887H.R. 10419LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1887noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 148 contested votes scored in the 49th 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
5 Congresses45th · 187749th · 1885
Republican · House · MA45th–49th
Term datesexact