Washington Curran Whitthorne

Representative from Tennessee

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1871–1891ID W000429

LegislationHEADLINE

91%with Dems

of 1,923 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

91%with Dems

of 1,923 · both combined

Steepest move

−9 pts

1885 → 1887

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 ↓1871187718831889

1889–9051st Congress

Sat as a Democrat

89.4%with Democrats

of 142 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1885 → 1887, −9 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

Feb 27, 1891S. 3738No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Feb 27, 1891S. 3738No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3738), 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

Open roll call

Feb 27, 1891S. 3738No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Feb 24, 1891S. 172No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 21, 1891S. 174No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Feb 19, 1891S. 712No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Feb 19, 1891S. 172No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 11, 1891noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 142 contested votes scored in the 51st 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

42nd · 187149th · 188550th · 188751st · 1889

Democrat · House · TN42nd–47th

Democrat · Senate · TN49th–49th

Democrat · House · TN50th–51st

Term datesexact

Washington Curran Whitthorne

Representative from Tennessee

HOUSED1871–18919 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

90.6%with Democrats

of 1,923 votes · 9.4% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested91%of 1,923 · combined

Steepest move−9 pts1885→87, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018711889

1889–90 · 51st · Democrat · of 142 votes89.4%

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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 majorityNay

Counts toward scoreYes

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 142 contested votes scored in the 51st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

42nd · 187151st · 1889

Democrat42nd–47th

Democrat49th–49th

Democrat50th–51st

Party switchers

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