GW
George Elon White
Representative from IllinoisHOUSEREPUBLICAN1895–1899ID W000371
LegislationHEADLINE
16%with Dems
of 115 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
16%with Dems
of 115 · both combined
Steepest move
−2 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 ↓1895
1897–9855th Congress
Sat as a Republican
15.1%with Democrats
of 73 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1895 → 1897, −2 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, 1899H.R. 12008LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1899H.R. 11882LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1899noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Feb 28, 1899H.R. 11683LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 8, 1898noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 6, 1898H.R. 10691LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 1, 1898noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 30, 1898noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 30, 1898H.R. 10807LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 73 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
2 Congresses54th · 189555th · 1897
Republican · House · IL54th–55th
Term datesexact