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Willis Sweet
Representative from IdahoHOUSEREPUBLICAN1889–1895ID S001110
LegislationHEADLINE
18%with Dems
of 227 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
18%with Dems
of 227 · both combined
Steepest move
+25 pts
1889 → 1891
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 ↓1889
1893–9453rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
31.1%with Democrats
of 74 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1889 → 1891, +25 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
Aug 3, 1894noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 3, 1894noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 3, 1894noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Aug 2, 1894noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 1, 1894noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 31, 1894H.R. 6937LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 30, 1894noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 26, 1894H.R. 6171LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 26, 1894H.R. 4863LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 74 contested votes scored in the 53rd 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
3 Congresses51st · 188953rd · 1893
Republican · House · ID51st–53rd
Term datesexact