Edwin Hanson Webster

Representative from Maryland

HOUSEOTHER PARTY1859–1865ID W000239

LegislationHEADLINE

63%with Dems

of 840 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

63%with Dems

of 840 · both combined

Steepest move

−27 pts

1861 → 1863

under one label

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 ↓1859

1863–6438th Congress

Sat under another party label

51.9%with Democrats

of 295 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1861 → 1863, −27 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, 1865noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1865H.J.Res. 141No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 141), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.

Where this lands

YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Mar 3, 1865H.R. 744No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1865noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1865H.R. 51No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1865H.J.Res. 170No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1865H.J.Res. 170No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 295 contested votes scored in the 38th 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

36th · 185938th · 1863

Other party · House · MD36th–38th

Term datesexact

Edwin Hanson Webster

Representative from Maryland

HOUSEO1859–18653 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

62.6%with Democrats

of 840 votes · 37.4% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested63%of 840 · combined

Steepest move−27 pts1861→63, under another label

Career arc

10050018591863

1863–64 · 38th · Other party · of 295 votes51.9%

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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 majorityNay

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 295 contested votes scored in the 38th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

36th · 185938th · 1863

Other party36th–38th

Party switchers

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