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George Peabody Wetmore

Senator from Rhode Island
SENATEREPUBLICAN1895–1913ID W000312
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LegislationHEADLINE
5%with Dems
of 983 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
5%with Dems
of 983 · both combined
Steepest move
−13 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 ↓189519011907
1911–1262nd Congress
Sat as a Republican
8.6%with Democrats
of 187 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1895 → 1897, −13 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, 1913H.R. 28766No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1913H.R. 28766No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1913H.R. 27148No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 27148), 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, 1913S. 5382No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1913H.R. 23673No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1913H.R. 23673No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1913H.R. 23673No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1913H.R. 23673No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1913H.R. 23673No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 187 contested votes scored in the 62nd 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

9 Congresses
54th · 189562nd · 1911
Republican · Senate · RI54th–62nd
Term datesexact
Members · Rhode Island
GW

George Peabody Wetmore

Senator from Rhode Island
SENATER1895–19139 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
5.1%with Democrats
of 983 votes · 94.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested5%of 983 · combined
Steepest move−13 pts1895→97, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018951911
1911–12 · 62nd · Republican · of 187 votes8.6%

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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 · 187 contested votes scored in the 62nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

54th · 189562nd · 1911
Republican54th–62nd

Party switchers

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