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Eliakim Persons Walton
Representative from VermontHOUSEREPUBLICAN1857–1863ID W000113
LegislationHEADLINE
11%with Dems
of 950 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
11%with Dems
of 950 · both combined
Steepest move
+17 pts
1859 → 1861
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 ↓1857
1861–6237th Congress
Sat as a Republican
23.8%with Democrats
of 269 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1859 → 1861, +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
Feb 28, 1863S. 515LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 26, 1863S. 515LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 26, 1863S. 515LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 515), 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
Feb 26, 1863S. 515LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 26, 1863S. 515LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 26, 1863S. 515LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1863noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1863S. 511LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1863noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 269 contested votes scored in the 37th 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 Congresses35th · 185737th · 1861
Republican · House · VT35th–37th
Term datesexact