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Theodore Stark Wilkinson

Representative from Louisiana
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1887–1891ID W000477
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LegislationHEADLINE
72%with Dems
of 313 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
72%with Dems
of 313 · both combined
Steepest move
+26 pts
1887 → 1889
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 ↓1887
1889–9051st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
81.8%with Democrats
of 198 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1887 → 1889, +26 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
Feb 13, 1891H.R. 1304No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 10, 1891H.R. 848No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 6, 1891S. 3270No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3270), 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
Jan 29, 1891H.R. 12922No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 27, 1891H.R. 12922No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 26, 1891noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 24, 1891noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 24, 1891noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 23, 1891noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 198 contested votes scored in the 51st 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

2 Congresses
50th · 188751st · 1889
Democrat · House · LA50th–51st
Term datesexact
Members · Louisiana
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Theodore Stark Wilkinson

Representative from Louisiana
HOUSED1887–18912 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
72.2%with Democrats
of 313 votes · 27.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested72%of 313 · combined
Steepest move+26 pts1887→89, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018871889
1889–90 · 51st · Democrat · of 198 votes81.8%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 · 198 contested votes scored in the 51st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

50th · 188751st · 1889
Democrat50th–51st

Party switchers

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