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John Wolcott Stewart

Senator from Vermont
SENATEREPUBLICAN1883–1909ID S000917
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LegislationHEADLINE
8%with Dems
of 623 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
8%with Dems
of 623 · both combined
Steepest move
+11 pts
1889 → 1907
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 ↓18831889189519011907
1907–0860th Congress
Sat as a Republican
18.8%with Democrats
of 16 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1889 → 1907, +11 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
May 30, 1908H.R. 21844No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 30, 1908H.R. 21871No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 30, 1908H.R. 21871No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 21871), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
May 30, 1908H.R. 21871No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 27, 1908S. 6190No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 23, 1908H.R. 21957No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
May 23, 1908H.R. 15444No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 23, 1908S.J.Res. 91No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 22, 1908S.J.Res. 74No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 16 contested votes scored in the 60th 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

5 Congresses
48th · 188360th · 1907
Republican · House · VT48th–51st
Republican · Senate · VT60th–60th
Term datesexact
Members · Vermont
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John Wolcott Stewart

Senator from Vermont
SENATER1883–19095 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
8.2%with Democrats
of 623 votes · 91.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested8%of 623 · combined
Steepest move+11 pts1889→07, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018831907
1907–08 · 60th · Republican · of 16 votes18.8%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 16 contested votes scored in the 60th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

48th · 188360th · 1907
Republican48th–51st
Republican60th–60th

Party switchers

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