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William Brainerd Spencer
Representative from LouisianaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1875–1877ID S000731
LegislationHEADLINE
92%with Dems
of 49 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
92%with Dems
of 49 · both combined
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
1875–7644th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
91.8%with Democrats
of 49 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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
Dec 21, 1876noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 21, 1876noneLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1876noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM 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
Dec 20, 1876H.R. 36LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1876noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 18, 1876noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1876noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 18, 1876noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 16, 1876H.R. 4187LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 49 contested votes scored in the 44th 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
1 Congresses44th · 1875
Democrat · House · LA44th–44th
Term datesexact