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Watson Carvosso Squire

Senator from Washington
SENATEREPUBLICAN1889–1897ID S000761
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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, 1897noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1897noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1897noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP 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. 9188No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1897H.R. 10336No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1897H.R. 10336No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 27, 1897H.R. 10292No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 27, 1897H.R. 10289No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1897H.R. 1002No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 41 contested votes scored in the 54th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.

Service record

4 Congresses
51st · 188954th · 1895
Republican · Senate · WA51st–54th
Term datesexact
Members · Washington
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Watson Carvosso Squire

Senator from Washington
SENATER1889–18974 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
15.4%with Democrats
of 475 votes · 84.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested15%of 475 · combined
Steepest move−18 pts1891→93, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018891895
1895–96 · 54th · Republican · of 41 votes14.6%

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Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.
Democratic majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 41 contested votes scored in the 54th

By policy area

career

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls.

Service record

51st · 188954th · 1895
Republican51st–54th

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40thWesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105thBen Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th
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