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William Terry

Representative from Virginia
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1871–1877ID T000136
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LegislationHEADLINE
93%with Dems
of 587 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
93%with Dems
of 587 · both combined
Steepest move
+1 pts
1871 → 1875
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 ↓1871
1875–7644th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
93.7%with Democrats
of 222 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1871 → 1875, +1 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 3, 1877S. 811No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1877S. 949No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1877S. 125No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 125), 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 3, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877H.R. 34No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 222 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

2 Congresses
42nd · 187144th · 1875
Democrat · House · VA42nd–44th
Term datesexact
Members · Virginia
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William Terry

Representative from Virginia
HOUSED1871–18772 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
92.8%with Democrats
of 587 votes · 7.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested93%of 587 · combined
Steepest move+1 pts1871→75, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018711875
1875–76 · 44th · Democrat · of 222 votes93.7%

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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 · 222 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
Democrat42nd–44th

Party switchers

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