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David Forrest Wilber
Representative from New YorkHOUSEREPUBLICAN1895–1899ID W000453
LegislationHEADLINE
10%with Dems
of 49 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
10%with Dems
of 49 · both combined
Steepest move
−5 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
6.7%with Democrats
of 15 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1895 → 1897, −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
Jun 30, 1898noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 29, 1898H.R. 6149LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 29, 1898S. 3277LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3277), 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
Jun 15, 1898H.J.Res. 259LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 15, 1898H.J.Res. 259LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 9, 1898H.R. 10100LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 8, 1898H.R. 8927LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1898H.R. 5359LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 19, 1897H.R. 379LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 15 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 · NY54th–55th
Term datesexact