William Barrett Washburn

Senator from Massachusetts

SENATEREPUBLICAN1863–1875ID W000174

LegislationHEADLINE

16%with Dems

of 1,721 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

16%with Dems

of 1,721 · both combined

Steepest move

+11 pts

1871 → 1873

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 ↓18631869

1873–7443rd Congress

Sat as a Republican

23.2%with Democrats

of 151 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1871 → 1873, +11 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, 1875H.R. 1580No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1875H.R. 4847No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1875H.R. 4692No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 4692), 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 3, 1875H.R. 4740No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1875H.R. 4740No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1875H.R. 4740No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1875H.R. 4740No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1875H.R. 4740No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 151 contested votes scored in the 43rd 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

6 Congresses

38th · 186343rd · 1873

Republican · House · MA38th–42nd

Republican · Senate · MA43rd–43rd

Term datesexact

William Barrett Washburn

Senator from Massachusetts

SENATER1863–18756 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

15.8%with Democrats

of 1,721 votes · 84.2% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested16%of 1,721 · combined

Steepest move+11 pts1871→73, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018631873

1873–74 · 43rd · Republican · of 151 votes23.2%

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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 · 151 contested votes scored in the 43rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

38th · 186343rd · 1873

Republican38th–42nd

Republican43rd–43rd

Party switchers

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