BW
Beriah Wilkins
Representative from OhioHOUSEDEMOCRAT1883–1889ID W000474
LegislationHEADLINE
64%with Dems
of 391 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
64%with Dems
of 391 · both combined
Steepest move
−9 pts
1883 → 1885
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 ↓1883
1887–8850th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
56.3%with Democrats
of 71 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1883 → 1885, −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
Mar 2, 1889noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 18, 1889noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 18, 1889noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Feb 18, 1889noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 18, 1889H.R. 12432LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 13, 1889noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 11, 1889noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 31, 1889H.R. 10614LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 31, 1889H.R. 10614LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 71 contested votes scored in the 50th 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
3 Congresses48th · 188350th · 1887
Democrat · House · OH48th–50th
Term datesexact