William Brickly Stokes

Representative from Tennessee

HOUSEOTHER PARTY→REPUBLICAN1859–1871ID S000950

LegislationHEADLINE

26%with Dems

of 1,282 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

26%with Dems

of 1,282 · both combined

Steepest move

−33 pts

1859 → 1865

under one label

Changed parties

40th

O → R · first Congress under it

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 ↓18591865O→R · 40th

1869–7041st Congress

Sat as a Republican

12.1%with Democrats

of 396 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1859 → 1865, −33 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, 1871noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1871H.J.Res. 467No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1871S.J.Res. 187No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.J.Res. 187), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

YEASided with the Republican majority

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Mar 3, 1871S. 647No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1871S. 969No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1871noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1871noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1871H.R. 2994No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1871noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 396 contested votes scored in the 41st 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

36th · 185940th · 186741st · 1869

Other party · House · TN36th–39th

Republican · House · TN40th–41st

Term datesexact

William Brickly Stokes

Representative from Tennessee

HOUSEO→R1859–18714 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

25.5%with Democrats

of 1,282 votes · 74.5% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested26%of 1,282 · combined

Steepest move−33 pts1859→65, under another label

Changed parties40thO→R

Career arc

100500O→R18591869

1869–70 · 41st · Republican · of 396 votes12.1%

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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 · 396 contested votes scored in the 41st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

36th · 185941st · 1869

Other party36th–39th

Republican40th–41st

Other party switchers

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