AS
Aaron Shaw
Representative from IllinoisHOUSEDEMOCRAT1857–1885ID S000301
LegislationHEADLINE
58%with Dems
of 379 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
58%with Dems
of 379 · both combined
Steepest move
+38 pts
1857 → 1883
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 ↓18571863186918751881
1883–8448th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
87.5%with Democrats
of 80 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1857 → 1883, +38 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
Jun 27, 1884H.R. 78LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 27, 1884H.R. 3937LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 27, 1884H.R. 5682LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 5682), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Jun 26, 1884H.R. 5682LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 26, 1884H.R. 5682LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 25, 1884noneLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 25, 1884noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 18, 1884noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 17, 1884H.R. 7235LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 80 contested votes scored in the 48th 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
2 Congresses35th · 185748th · 1883
Democrat · House · IL35th–48th
Term datesexact