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William Northcut Sweeney
Representative from KentuckyHOUSEDEMOCRAT1869–1871ID S001104
LegislationHEADLINE
95%with Dems
of 301 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
95%with Dems
of 301 · both combined
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 ↓1869
1869–7041st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
94.7%with Democrats
of 301 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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
Feb 11, 1871H.R. 3004LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 9, 1871noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 6, 1871S.J.Res. 293LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.J.Res. 293), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Feb 6, 1871noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 6, 1871noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 6, 1871noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 6, 1871noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 6, 1871S. 647LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 6, 1871S. 469LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 301 contested votes scored in the 41st 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
1 Congresses41st · 1869
Democrat · House · KY41st–41st
Term datesexact