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William Stewart
Representative from PennsylvaniaHOUSEREPUBLICAN1857–1861ID S000921
LegislationHEADLINE
12%with Dems
of 572 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
12%with Dems
of 572 · both combined
Steepest move
−1 pts
1857 → 1859
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 ↓1857
1859–6036th Congress
Sat as a Republican
11.6%with Democrats
of 251 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1857 → 1859, −1 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 2, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861S. 10LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1861H.R. 865LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 865), 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 2, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861H.R. 910LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861H.R. 971LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 251 contested votes scored in the 36th 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
2 Congresses35th · 185736th · 1859
Republican · House · PA35th–36th
Term datesexact