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William Walsh
Representative from MarylandHOUSEDEMOCRAT1875–1879ID W000106
LegislationHEADLINE
81%with Dems
of 300 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
81%with Dems
of 300 · both combined
Steepest move
−16 pts
1875 → 1877
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 ↓1875
1877–7845th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
72.4%with Democrats
of 145 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1875 → 1877, −16 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
Feb 20, 1879noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 15, 1879H.R. 5477LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 15, 1879H.R. 5477LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 5477), 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
Jan 15, 1879noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 14, 1879H.R. 257LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 14, 1879H.R. 257LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 14, 1878noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 13, 1878H.R. 5130LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 10, 1878H.R. 4802LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 145 contested votes scored in the 45th 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
2 Congresses44th · 187545th · 1877
Democrat · House · MD44th–45th
Term datesexact