WV
William Freeman Vilas
Senator from WisconsinSENATEDEMOCRAT1891–1897ID V000099
LegislationHEADLINE
82%with Dems
of 463 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
82%with Dems
of 463 · both combined
Steepest move
−28 pts
1893 → 1895
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 ↓1891
1895–9654th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
63.4%with Democrats
of 82 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1893 → 1895, −28 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, 1897H.R. 1185LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1897noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1897noneLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · 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
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Feb 27, 1897H.R. 10292LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 27, 1897H.R. 10289LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1897H.R. 1002LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1897H.R. 1002LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 26, 1897noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1897S.J.Res. 207LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 82 contested votes scored in the 54th 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 Congresses52nd · 189154th · 1895
Democrat · Senate · WI52nd–54th
Term datesexact