William Joyce Sewell

Senator from New Jersey

SENATEREPUBLICAN1881–1903ID S000262

LegislationHEADLINE

12%with Dems

of 1,183 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

12%with Dems

of 1,183 · both combined

Steepest move

−7 pts

1895 → 1897

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 ↓1881188718931899

1899–190056th Congress

Sat as a Republican

2%with Democrats

of 101 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1895 → 1897, −7 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 2, 1901H.R. 9829No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1901H.R. 636No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1901noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

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

Open roll call

Mar 1, 1901H.R. 14018No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1901H.R. 14018No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1901H.R. 14018No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1901H.R. 14018No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1901H.R. 10302No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Feb 27, 1901H.R. 14017No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 101 contested votes scored in the 56th 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

7 Congresses

47th · 188157th · 1901

Republican · Senate · NJ47th–57th

Term datesexact

William Joyce Sewell

Senator from New Jersey

SENATER1881–19037 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

12.3%with Democrats

of 1,183 votes · 87.7% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested12%of 1,183 · combined

Steepest move−7 pts1895→97, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018811901

1899–1900 · 56th · Republican · of 101 votes2%

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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 majorityYea

Counts toward scoreYes

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 101 contested votes scored in the 56th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

47th · 188157th · 1901

Republican47th–57th

Party switchers

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