JW
Josiah Thomas Walls
Representative from FloridaHOUSEREPUBLICAN1871–1877ID W000093
LegislationHEADLINE
14%with Dems
of 380 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
14%with Dems
of 380 · both combined
Steepest move
−8 pts
1873 → 1875
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 ↓1871
1875–7644th Congress
Sat as a Republican
7.4%with Democrats
of 27 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1873 → 1875, −8 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
Apr 17, 1876noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 3, 1876noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Apr 1, 1876noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP 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
Mar 31, 1876H.R. 2450LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 30, 1876H.R. 2450LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 29, 1876H.R. 2817LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 29, 1876H.R. 2817LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 28, 1876noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 27, 1876noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 27 contested votes scored in the 44th 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 Congresses42nd · 187144th · 1875
Republican · House · FL42nd–44th
Term datesexact