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Joseph Wheeler
Representative from AlabamaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1881–1901ID W000338
LegislationHEADLINE
91%with Dems
of 1,095 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
91%with Dems
of 1,095 · both combined
Steepest move
+10 pts
1887 → 1889
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 ↓1881188718931899
1897–9855th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
93.2%with Democrats
of 44 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1887 → 1889, +10 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
May 3, 1898S. 1133LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 29, 1898H.R. 10100LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Apr 29, 1898H.R. 10100LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10100), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Apr 25, 1898noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Apr 18, 1898H.J.Res. 233LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 18, 1898H.J.Res. 233LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 18, 1898H.R. 8349LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Apr 18, 1898H.J.Res. 233LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Apr 13, 1898H.J.Res. 233LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 44 contested votes scored in the 55th 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
9 Congresses47th · 188156th · 1899
Democrat · House · AL47th–56th
Term datesexact