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William Smith
Representative from VirginiaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1857–1861ID S000627
LegislationHEADLINE
88%with Dems
of 478 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
88%with Dems
of 478 · both combined
Steepest move
+12 pts
1857 → 1859
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 ↓1857
1859–6036th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
95%with Democrats
of 201 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1857 → 1859, +12 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 1, 1861H.R. 899LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 27, 1861H.J.Res. 64LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 27, 1861H.J.Res. 64LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 64), 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
Feb 27, 1861H.J.Res. 64LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 10, 1861H.R. 917LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 10, 1861H.R. 917LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 10, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jan 9, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 20, 1860H.R. 701LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 201 contested votes scored in the 36th 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 · 185736th · 1859
Democrat · House · VA35th–36th
Term datesexact