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William Sharon
Senator from NevadaSENATEREPUBLICAN1875–1881ID S000292
LegislationHEADLINE
22%with Dems
of 94 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
22%with Dems
of 94 · both combined
Steepest move
−33 pts
1877 → 1879
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 ↓1875
1879–8046th Congress
Sat as a Republican
7.1%with Democrats
of 14 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1877 → 1879, −33 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
Feb 4, 1881noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 2, 1881noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 17, 1881S. 231LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 231), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Apr 1, 1880H.R. 4924LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 31, 1880H.R. 4924LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 19, 1880noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 5, 1880S. 533LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1880noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 25, 1880noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 14 contested votes scored in the 46th 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
3 Congresses44th · 187546th · 1879
Republican · Senate · NV44th–46th
Term datesexact