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Scott Wike

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1875–1893ID W000451
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LegislationHEADLINE
87%with Dems
of 635 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
87%with Dems
of 635 · both combined
Steepest move
−17 pts
1889 → 1891
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 ↓187518811887
1891–9252nd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
76.6%with Democrats
of 107 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1889 → 1891, −17 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 3, 1893H.R. 10258No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1893H.R. 10238No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1893H.R. 10238No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10238), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Mar 2, 1893H.Res. 9612No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1893S. 2566No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1893H.R. 7845No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1893noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1893H.R. 9350No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 27, 1893noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 107 contested votes scored in the 52nd 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

3 Congresses
44th · 187552nd · 1891
Democrat · House · IL44th–52nd
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
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Scott Wike

Representative from Illinois
HOUSED1875–18933 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
87.1%with Democrats
of 635 votes · 12.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested87%of 635 · combined
Steepest move−17 pts1889→91, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018751891
1891–92 · 52nd · Democrat · of 107 votes76.6%

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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 · 107 contested votes scored in the 52nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

44th · 187552nd · 1891
Democrat44th–52nd

Party switchers

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