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William Andrew Jackson Sparks
Representative from IllinoisHOUSEDEMOCRAT1875–1883ID S000704
LegislationHEADLINE
91%with Dems
of 844 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
91%with Dems
of 844 · both combined
Steepest move
−8 pts
1875 → 1877
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 ↓18751881
1881–8247th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
91.7%with Democrats
of 145 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1875 → 1877, −8 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, 1883noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1883noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1883noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM 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
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Mar 3, 1883H.R. 5538LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1883noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1883H.R. 7314LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1883H.R. 7482LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1883noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1883S. 2046LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 145 contested votes scored in the 47th 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
4 Congresses44th · 187547th · 1881
Democrat · House · IL44th–47th
Term datesexact