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Alfred Moore Waddell

Representative from North Carolina
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1871–1879ID W000002
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LegislationHEADLINE
85%with Dems
of 892 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
85%with Dems
of 892 · both combined
Steepest move
+10 pts
1871 → 1873
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 ↓18711877
1877–7845th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
86%with Democrats
of 221 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1871 → 1873, +10 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, 1879H.R. 6462No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 6500No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 5580No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 5580), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Mar 3, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 6463No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 221 contested votes scored in the 45th 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

4 Congresses
42nd · 187145th · 1877
Democrat · House · NC42nd–45th
Term datesexact
Members · North Carolina
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Alfred Moore Waddell

Representative from North Carolina
HOUSED1871–18794 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
85.1%with Democrats
of 892 votes · 14.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested85%of 892 · combined
Steepest move+10 pts1871→73, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018711877
1877–78 · 45th · Democrat · of 221 votes86%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 221 contested votes scored in the 45th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

42nd · 187145th · 1877
Democrat42nd–45th

Party switchers

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