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Vespasian Warner

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1895–1905ID W000158
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LegislationHEADLINE
7%with Dems
of 408 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
7%with Dems
of 408 · both combined
Steepest move
−7 pts
1895 → 1897
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 ↓18951901
1903–0458th Congress
Sat as a Republican
7.1%with Democrats
of 28 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1895 → 1897, −7 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 2, 1905H.Res. 531No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 21, 1905H.R. 18965No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 17, 1905H.Res. 497No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 497), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Feb 17, 1905H.Res. 497No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 16, 1905H.Res. 503No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 13, 1905S. 3343No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 9, 1905H.R. 18588No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 9, 1905H.R. 18588No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 6, 1905H.Res. 484No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 28 contested votes scored in the 58th 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

5 Congresses
54th · 189558th · 1903
Republican · House · IL54th–58th
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
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Vespasian Warner

Representative from Illinois
HOUSER1895–19055 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
7.4%with Democrats
of 408 votes · 92.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested7%of 408 · combined
Steepest move−7 pts1895→97, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018951903
1903–04 · 58th · Republican · of 28 votes7.1%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 28 contested votes scored in the 58th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

54th · 189558th · 1903
Republican54th–58th

Party switchers

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