LW
Lewis Findlay Watson
Representative from PennsylvaniaHOUSEREPUBLICAN1877–1891ID W000204
LegislationHEADLINE
2%with Dems
of 491 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
2%with Dems
of 491 · both combined
Steepest move
−1 pts
1881 → 1889
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 ↓187718831889
1889–9051st Congress
Sat as a Republican
1.4%with Democrats
of 138 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1881 → 1889, −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
Aug 23, 1890H.R. 11568LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Aug 23, 1890noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 23, 1890H.R. 11568LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 11568), 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
Aug 15, 1890S. 846LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Aug 15, 1890S. 846LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 14, 1890S. 846LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Aug 9, 1890H.R. 10726LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Aug 9, 1890noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Aug 8, 1890H.R. 11459LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 138 contested votes scored in the 51st 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
3 Congresses45th · 187751st · 1889
Republican · House · PA45th–51st
Term datesexact