EW
Edward Cary Walthall
Senator from MississippiSENATEDEMOCRAT1885–1899ID W000111
LegislationHEADLINE
92%with Dems
of 1,218 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
92%with Dems
of 1,218 · both combined
Steepest move
−6 pts
1889 → 1891
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 ↓188518911897
1897–9855th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
94.5%with Democrats
of 181 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1889 → 1891, −6 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
Apr 4, 1898H.R. 8428LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 31, 1898H.R. 8428LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 24, 1898noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
Mar 10, 1898noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 9, 1898H.R. 8927LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 8, 1898H.R. 6897LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1898noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1898noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 17, 1898noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 181 contested votes scored in the 55th 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
7 Congresses49th · 188555th · 1897
Democrat · Senate · MS49th–55th
Term datesexact