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William McKendree Springer
Representative from IllinoisHOUSEDEMOCRAT1875–1895ID S000757
LegislationHEADLINE
85%with Dems
of 1,913 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
85%with Dems
of 1,913 · both combined
Steepest move
−23 pts
1889 → 1891
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 ↓1875188118871893
1893–9453rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
85.1%with Democrats
of 141 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1889 → 1891, −23 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 2, 1895H.R. 8695LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1895S. 1009LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1895H.R. 8681LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 8681), 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 2, 1895H.R. 8518LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1895S. 15LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1895H.Res. 119LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1895S. 1778LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1895noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1895noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 141 contested votes scored in the 53rd 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
10 Congresses44th · 187553rd · 1893
Democrat · House · IL44th–53rd
Term datesexact