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Erastus Wells

Representative from Missouri
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1869–1881ID W000282
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LegislationHEADLINE
79%with Dems
of 1,362 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
79%with Dems
of 1,362 · both combined
Steepest move
−12 pts
1873 → 1875
still a Democrat

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 ↓18691875
1879–8046th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
74.9%with Democrats
of 175 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1873 → 1875, −12 pts — while still a Democrat.
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, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1881S. 182No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 182), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Mar 3, 1881S. 365No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1881H.R. 7255No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1881H.R. 4592No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 175 contested votes scored in the 46th 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
41st · 186946th · 1879
Democrat · House · MO41st–46th
Term datesexact
Members · Missouri
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Erastus Wells

Representative from Missouri
HOUSED1869–18815 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
78.6%with Democrats
of 1,362 votes · 21.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested79%of 1,362 · combined
Steepest move−12 pts1873→75, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018691879
1879–80 · 46th · Democrat · of 175 votes74.9%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 175 contested votes scored in the 46th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

41st · 186946th · 1879
Democrat41st–46th

Party switchers

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