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Abner Taylor

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1889–1893ID T000062
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LegislationHEADLINE
11%with Dems
of 420 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
11%with Dems
of 420 · both combined
Steepest move
+3 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
1891–9252nd Congress
Sat as a Republican
13.6%with Democrats
of 88 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1889 → 1891, +3 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, 1893H.R. 10238No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1893H.R. 7028No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1893H.R. 10238No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10238), 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
Mar 2, 1893H.R. 10238No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1893H.Res. 9612No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1893S. 1312No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1893S. 2566No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1893H.R. 7845No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1893noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 88 contested votes scored in the 52nd 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
51st · 188952nd · 1891
Republican · House · IL51st–52nd
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
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Abner Taylor

Representative from Illinois
HOUSER1889–18932 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
11.2%with Democrats
of 420 votes · 88.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested11%of 420 · combined
Steepest move+3 pts1889→91, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018891891
1891–92 · 52nd · Republican · of 88 votes13.6%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 88 contested votes scored in the 52nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

51st · 188952nd · 1891
Republican51st–52nd

Party switchers

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