William Van Amberg Sullivan

Senator from Mississippi

SENATEDEMOCRAT1897–1901ID S001062

LegislationHEADLINE

83%with Dems

of 160 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

83%with Dems

of 160 · both combined

Steepest move

−5 pts

1897 → 1899

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 ↓1897

1899–190056th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

79.2%with Democrats

of 53 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1897 → 1899, −5 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 2, 1901H.R. 9829No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1901H.R. 636No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1901H.R. 10302No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10302), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

YEASided with the Democratic majority

Open roll call

Mar 2, 1901H.R. 10539No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1901noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1901H.R. 14018No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1901H.R. 14018No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 23, 1901H.R. 13822No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 22, 1901H.R. 13729No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 53 contested votes scored in the 56th 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

55th · 189756th · 1899

Democrat · House · MS55th–55th

Democrat · Senate · MS56th–56th

Term datesexact

William Van Amberg Sullivan

Senator from Mississippi

SENATED1897–19012 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

82.5%with Democrats

of 160 votes · 17.5% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested83%of 160 · combined

Steepest move−5 pts1897→99, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018971899

1899–1900 · 56th · Democrat · of 53 votes79.2%

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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 majorityNay

Counts toward scoreYes

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 53 contested votes scored in the 56th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

55th · 189756th · 1899

Democrat55th–55th

Democrat56th–56th

Party switchers

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