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William Almon Wheeler

Representative from New York
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1861–1877ID W000341
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LegislationHEADLINE
15%with Dems
of 1,134 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
15%with Dems
of 1,134 · both combined
Steepest move
−13 pts
1873 → 1875
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 ↓186118671873
1875–7644th Congress
Sat as a Republican
11.1%with Democrats
of 45 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1873 → 1875, −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
May 15, 1876noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 15, 1876noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
May 8, 1876H.R. 612No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 612), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
May 8, 1876noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 3, 1876noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 2, 1876noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
May 1, 1876noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
May 1, 1876noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Apr 28, 1876H.R. 2571No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 45 contested votes scored in the 44th 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
37th · 186144th · 1875
Republican · House · NY37th–44th
Term datesexact
Members · New York
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William Almon Wheeler

Representative from New York
HOUSER1861–18775 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
14.6%with Democrats
of 1,134 votes · 85.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested15%of 1,134 · combined
Steepest move−13 pts1873→75, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018611875
1875–76 · 44th · Republican · of 45 votes11.1%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 45 contested votes scored in the 44th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

37th · 186144th · 1875
Republican37th–44th

Party switchers

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