John Turner Wait

Representative from Connecticut

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1875–1887ID W000025

LegislationHEADLINE

6%with Dems

of 1,003 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

6%with Dems

of 1,003 · both combined

Steepest move

+3 pts

1883 → 1885

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 ↓18751881

1885–8649th Congress

Sat as a Republican

9.4%with Democrats

of 127 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1883 → 1885, +3 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, 1887S. 512No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1887H.R. 5394No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1887noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

NAYSided with the Republican majority

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Mar 3, 1887H.R. 6974No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1887S. 183No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1887S. 929No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1887H.R. 10793No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Feb 28, 1887H.R. 4833No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 127 contested votes scored in the 49th 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

6 Congresses

44th · 187549th · 1885

Republican · House · CT44th–49th

Term datesexact

John Turner Wait

Representative from Connecticut

HOUSER1875–18876 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

6.3%with Democrats

of 1,003 votes · 93.7% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested6%of 1,003 · combined

Steepest move+3 pts1883→85, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018751885

1885–86 · 49th · Republican · of 127 votes9.4%

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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

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Latest 6 shown · 127 contested votes scored in the 49th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

44th · 187549th · 1885

Republican44th–49th

Party switchers

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