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Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley

Representative from West Virginia
HOUSEOTHER PARTY1861–1867ID W000318
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LegislationHEADLINE
53%with Dems
of 889 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
53%with Dems
of 889 · both combined
Steepest move
−18 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 ↓1861
1865–6639th Congress
Sat under another party label
46%with Democrats
of 313 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1861 → 1863, −18 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 2, 1867noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1867S.J.Res. 164No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867S.J.Res. 164No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.J.Res. 164), 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 2, 1867S. 509No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1867H.R. 865No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867H.R. 1227No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867H.R. 1220No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867H.R. 1220No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1867H.R. 1143No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 313 contested votes scored in the 39th 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
37th · 186138th · 186339th · 1865
Other party · House · VA37th–37th
Other party · House · WV38th–39th
Term datesexact
Members · West Virginia
KW

Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley

Representative from West Virginia
HOUSEO1861–18673 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
52.5%with Democrats
of 889 votes · 47.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested53%of 889 · combined
Steepest move−18 pts1861→63, under another label

Career arc

10050018611865
1865–66 · 39th · Other party · of 313 votes46%

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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 · 313 contested votes scored in the 39th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

37th · 186139th · 1865
Other party37th–37th
Other party38th–39th

Party switchers

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