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James Hugh Ward

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1885–1887ID W000134
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LegislationHEADLINE
77%with Dems
of 115 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
77%with Dems
of 115 · both combined

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 ↓1885
1885–8649th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
76.5%with Democrats
of 115 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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, 1887H.R. 10793No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887S. 3050No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887S. 512No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 512), 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
Mar 3, 1887noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887S. 183No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1887S. 929No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1887H.R. 10793No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1887S. 3173No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1887S. 3173No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 115 contested votes scored in the 49th 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

1 Congresses
49th · 1885
Democrat · House · IL49th–49th
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
JW

James Hugh Ward

Representative from Illinois
HOUSED1885–18871 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
76.5%with Democrats
of 115 votes · 23.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested77%of 115 · combined

Career arc

10050018851885
1885–86 · 49th · Democrat · of 115 votes76.5%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
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Latest 6 shown · 115 contested votes scored in the 49th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

49th · 188549th · 1885
Democrat49th–49th

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