William Alexander Richardson

Senator from Illinois

SENATEDEMOCRAT1861–1865ID R000228

LegislationHEADLINE

94%with Dems

of 347 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

94%with Dems

of 347 · both combined

Steepest move

−4 pts

1861 → 1863

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 ↓1861

1863–6438th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

90.7%with Democrats

of 97 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1861 → 1863, −4 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

Mar 3, 1865H.R. 744No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1865H.R. 682No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 25, 1865H.R. 424No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 424), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.

Where this lands

NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Feb 25, 1865S. 465No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 24, 1865H.R. 688No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 23, 1865S.J.Res. 117No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 23, 1865S.J.Res. 117No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 22, 1865H.R. 51No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Feb 22, 1865H.R. 184No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 97 contested votes scored in the 38th 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

2 Congresses

37th · 186138th · 1863

Democrat · House · IL37th–37th

Democrat · Senate · IL38th–38th

Term datesyears only to 1861 · exact from 1847

William Alexander Richardson

Senator from Illinois

SENATED1861–18652 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

93.9%with Democrats

of 347 votes · 6.1% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested94%of 347 · combined

Steepest move−4 pts1861→63, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018611863

1863–64 · 38th · Democrat · of 97 votes90.7%

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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 · 97 contested votes scored in the 38th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

37th · 186138th · 1863

Democrat37th–37th

Democrat38th–38th

Party switchers

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