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David Wilber

Representative from New York
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1873–1891ID W000452
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LegislationHEADLINE
5%with Dems
of 481 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
5%with Dems
of 481 · both combined
Steepest move
−5 pts
1879 → 1887
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 ↓187318791885
1887–8850th Congress
Sat as a Republican
1.6%with Democrats
of 61 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1879 → 1887, −5 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 2, 1889H.R. 12571No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1889H.R. 11651No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1889H.R. 11651No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 11651), 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
Feb 25, 1889noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 25, 1889H.R. 11651No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 22, 1889noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 22, 1889H.R. 9051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 21, 1889H.R. 12490No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 20, 1889S. 139No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 61 contested votes scored in the 50th 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

4 Congresses
43rd · 187351st · 1889
Republican · House · NY43rd–51st
Term datesexact
Members · New York
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David Wilber

Representative from New York
HOUSER1873–18914 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
5.4%with Democrats
of 481 votes · 94.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested5%of 481 · combined
Steepest move−5 pts1879→87, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018731889
1887–88 · 50th · Republican · of 61 votes1.6%

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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 · 61 contested votes scored in the 50th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

43rd · 187351st · 1889
Republican43rd–51st

Party switchers

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