Joseph Henry Walker

Representative from Massachusetts

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1889–1899ID W000062

LegislationHEADLINE

7%with Dems

of 672 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

7%with Dems

of 672 · both combined

Steepest move

+17 pts

1893 → 1895

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 ↓18891895

1897–9855th Congress

Sat as a Republican

11.8%with Democrats

of 85 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1893 → 1895, +17 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, 1899H.R. 12008No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1899H.R. 11882No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1899H.R. 4936No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 4936), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored

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Feb 28, 1899H.R. 11683No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 23, 1899H.R. 12122No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Feb 20, 1899H.R. 12125No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 20, 1899H.R. 10500No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Feb 17, 1899H.R. 12008No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Feb 9, 1899H.R. 10969No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 85 contested votes scored in the 55th 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

5 Congresses

51st · 188955th · 1897

Republican · House · MA51st–55th

Term datesexact

Joseph Henry Walker

Representative from Massachusetts

HOUSER1889–18995 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

6.8%with Democrats

of 672 votes · 93.2% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested7%of 672 · combined

Steepest move+17 pts1893→95, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018891897

1897–98 · 55th · Republican · of 85 votes11.8%

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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 majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

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Latest 6 shown · 85 contested votes scored in the 55th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

51st · 188955th · 1897

Republican51st–55th

Party switchers

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