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Richard Wellington Townshend
Representative from IllinoisHOUSEDEMOCRAT1877–1889ID T000339
LegislationHEADLINE
83%with Dems
of 1,069 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
83%with Dems
of 1,069 · both combined
Steepest move
−13 pts
1883 → 1885
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 ↓18771883
1887–8850th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
61.3%with Democrats
of 106 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1883 → 1885, −13 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 1, 1889H.R. 1368LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1889S. 2511LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1889H.R. 1368LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 1368), 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 25, 1889noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 25, 1889noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 25, 1889noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1889noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 22, 1889noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 22, 1889S. 3423LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 106 contested votes scored in the 50th 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
6 Congresses45th · 187750th · 1887
Democrat · House · IL45th–50th
Term datesexact