William Nathaniel Roach

Senator from North Dakota

SENATEDEMOCRAT1893–1899ID R000290

LegislationHEADLINE

90%with Dems

of 667 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

90%with Dems

of 667 · both combined

Steepest move

+19 pts

1895 → 1897

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 ↓1893

1897–9855th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

94.5%with Democrats

of 237 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1895 → 1897, +19 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, 1899noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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

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Mar 3, 1899H.R. 12106No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1899noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1899noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1899noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1899H.R. 8571No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1899H.R. 12122No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 237 contested votes scored in the 55th 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

3 Congresses

53rd · 189355th · 1897

Democrat · Senate · ND53rd–55th

Term datesexact

William Nathaniel Roach

Senator from North Dakota

SENATED1893–18993 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

89.5%with Democrats

of 667 votes · 10.5% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested90%of 667 · combined

Steepest move+19 pts1895→97, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018931897

1897–98 · 55th · Democrat · of 237 votes94.5%

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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 · 237 contested votes scored in the 55th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

53rd · 189355th · 1897

Democrat53rd–55th

Party switchers

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