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William Henry Harrison Stowell

Representative from Virginia
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1871–1877ID S000985
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LegislationHEADLINE
10%with Dems
of 609 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
10%with Dems
of 609 · both combined
Steepest move
−8 pts
1873 → 1875
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 ↓1871
1875–7644th Congress
Sat as a Republican
3.6%with Democrats
of 137 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1873 → 1875, −8 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, 1877S. 125No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877H.R. 34No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 34), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
Mar 3, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877H.R. 3798No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1877S. 14No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1877H.R. 4698No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 137 contested votes scored in the 44th 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

3 Congresses
42nd · 187144th · 1875
Republican · House · VA42nd–44th
Term datesexact
Members · Virginia
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William Henry Harrison Stowell

Representative from Virginia
HOUSER1871–18773 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
10.3%with Democrats
of 609 votes · 89.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested10%of 609 · combined
Steepest move−8 pts1873→75, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018711875
1875–76 · 44th · Republican · of 137 votes3.6%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 137 contested votes scored in the 44th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

42nd · 187144th · 1875
Republican42nd–44th

Party switchers

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