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Louis Trezevant Wigfall
Senator from TexasSENATEDEMOCRAT1859–1863ID W000447
LegislationHEADLINE
89%with Dems
of 298 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
89%with Dems
of 298 · both combined
Steepest move
+11 pts
1859 → 1861
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 ↓1859
1861–6237th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
100%with Democrats
of 7 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1859 → 1861, +11 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
Mar 23, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 23, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 23, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM 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
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Mar 23, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 16, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 11, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 11, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
7 most recent roll calls shown · 7 contested votes scored in the 37th 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 Congresses36th · 185937th · 1861
Democrat · Senate · TX36th–37th
Term datesexact