Morton Smith Wilkinson

Representative from Minnesota

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1859–1871ID W000476

LegislationHEADLINE

18%with Dems

of 1,065 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

18%with Dems

of 1,065 · both combined

Steepest move

+12 pts

1859 → 1861

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 ↓18591865

1869–7041st Congress

Sat as a Republican

19.2%with Democrats

of 308 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1859 → 1861, +12 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 3, 1871S. 647No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1871S. 892No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1871H.R. 1705No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 1705), 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

Open roll call

Mar 1, 1871H.R. 2687No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 28, 1871H.R. 3011No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Feb 28, 1871H.R. 3070No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Feb 28, 1871S. 647No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 28, 1871H.R. 3064No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 308 contested votes scored in the 41st 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

36th · 185941st · 1869

Republican · Senate · MN36th–38th

Republican · House · MN41st–41st

Term datesexact

Morton Smith Wilkinson

Representative from Minnesota

HOUSER1859–18714 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

17.9%with Democrats

of 1,065 votes · 82.1% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested18%of 1,065 · combined

Steepest move+12 pts1859→61, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018591869

1869–70 · 41st · Republican · of 308 votes19.2%

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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 majorityYea

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 308 contested votes scored in the 41st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

36th · 185941st · 1869

Republican36th–38th

Republican41st–41st

Party switchers

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