William Gaston Steele

Representative from New Jersey

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1861–1865ID S000839

LegislationHEADLINE

89%with Dems

of 606 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

89%with Dems

of 606 · both combined

Steepest move

−7 pts

1861 → 1863

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 ↓1861

1863–6438th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

85.3%with Democrats

of 299 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1861 → 1863, −7 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, 1865H.J.Res. 141No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1865H.J.Res. 170No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1865noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM 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

Open roll call

Mar 2, 1865H.R. 703No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1865H.R. 703No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1865H.R. 786No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 299 contested votes scored in the 38th 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

37th · 186138th · 1863

Democrat · House · NJ37th–38th

Term datesexact

William Gaston Steele

Representative from New Jersey

HOUSED1861–18652 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

88.9%with Democrats

of 606 votes · 11.1% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested89%of 606 · combined

Steepest move−7 pts1861→63, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018611863

1863–64 · 38th · Democrat · of 299 votes85.3%

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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 majorityNay

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreYes

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 299 contested votes scored in the 38th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

37th · 186138th · 1863

Democrat37th–38th

Party switchers

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