Hamilton Ward

Representative from New York

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1865–1871ID W000133

LegislationHEADLINE

20%with Dems

of 1,043 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

20%with Dems

of 1,043 · both combined

Steepest move

+1 pts

1865 → 1867

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 ↓1865

1869–7041st Congress

Sat as a Republican

20.3%with Democrats

of 296 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1865 → 1867, +1 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

Mar 3, 1871noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1871S. 647No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1871H.R. 1705No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 1705), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Mar 1, 1871H.R. 2687No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 28, 1871H.R. 3011No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Feb 28, 1871H.J.Res. 521No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 28, 1871H.R. 3070No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Feb 28, 1871S. 647No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 28, 1871H.R. 3064No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 296 contested votes scored in the 41st CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.

Service record

3 Congresses

39th · 186541st · 1869

Republican · House · NY39th–41st

Term datesexact

Hamilton Ward

Representative from New York

HOUSER1865–18713 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

20%with Democrats

of 1,043 votes · 80% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested20%of 1,043 · combined

Steepest move+1 pts1865→67, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018651869

1869–70 · 41st · Republican · of 296 votes20.3%

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Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.

Democratic majorityYea

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 296 contested votes scored in the 41st

By policy area

career

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls.

Service record

39th · 186541st · 1869

Republican39th–41st

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40th Wesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105th Ben Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th