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Walter Leak Steele

Representative from North Carolina
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1877–1881ID S000838
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LegislationHEADLINE
95%with Dems
of 505 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
95%with Dems
of 505 · both combined
Steepest move
−1 pts
1877 → 1879
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 ↓1877
1879–8046th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
94.6%with Democrats
of 260 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1877 → 1879, −1 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, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM 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
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Mar 1, 1881H.R. 4592No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1881H.R. 4592No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1881H.R. 4592No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1881H.R. 4592No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1881H.R. 4592No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1881H.R. 7251No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 260 contested votes scored in the 46th 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

2 Congresses
45th · 187746th · 1879
Democrat · House · NC45th–46th
Term datesexact
Members · North Carolina
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Walter Leak Steele

Representative from North Carolina
HOUSED1877–18812 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
95.2%with Democrats
of 505 votes · 4.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested95%of 505 · combined
Steepest move−1 pts1877→79, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018771879
1879–80 · 46th · Democrat · of 260 votes94.6%

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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 · 260 contested votes scored in the 46th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

45th · 187746th · 1879
Democrat45th–46th

Party switchers

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