WS
Watson Carvosso Squire
Senator from WashingtonSENATEREPUBLICAN1889–1897ID S000761
LegislationHEADLINE
15%with Dems
of 475 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
15%with Dems
of 475 · both combined
Steepest move
−18 pts
1891 → 1893
still a Republican
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 ↓18891895
1895–9654th Congress
Sat as a Republican
14.6%with Democrats
of 41 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1891 → 1893, −18 pts — within one party label.
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, 1897noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1897noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1897noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Mar 3, 1897H.R. 9188LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1897H.R. 10336LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1897H.R. 10336LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 27, 1897H.R. 10292LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 27, 1897H.R. 10289LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1897H.R. 1002LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 41 contested votes scored in the 54th 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 Congresses51st · 188954th · 1895
Republican · Senate · WA51st–54th
Term datesexact