EW
Elijah Ward
Representative from New YorkHOUSEDEMOCRAT1857–1877ID W000131
LegislationHEADLINE
79%with Dems
of 779 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
79%with Dems
of 779 · both combined
Steepest move
−14 pts
1863 → 1875
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 ↓1857186318691875
1875–7644th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
68.5%with Democrats
of 92 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1863 → 1875, −14 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
Mar 3, 1877noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877H.R. 3798LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 3798), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored
Mar 2, 1877noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1877H.R. 4617LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1877noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1877noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1877noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1877noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 92 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
4 Congresses35th · 185744th · 1875
Democrat · House · NY35th–44th
Term datesexact