WT
Washington Townsend
Representative from PennsylvaniaHOUSEREPUBLICAN1869–1877ID T000337
LegislationHEADLINE
12%with Dems
of 1,205 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
12%with Dems
of 1,205 · both combined
Steepest move
−7 pts
1873 → 1875
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 ↓18691875
1875–7644th Congress
Sat as a Republican
6.7%with Democrats
of 179 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1873 → 1875, −7 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, 1877S. 811LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1877S. 949LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1877S. 125LEGISLATIONYEAREP 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, 1877noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877H.R. 34LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1877noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1877S. 14LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1877noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 179 contested votes scored in the 44th 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
4 Congresses41st · 186944th · 1875
Republican · House · PA41st–44th
Term datesexact