Waitman Thomas Willey

Senator from West Virginia

SENATEOTHER PARTY→REPUBLICAN1861–1871ID W000484

LegislationHEADLINE

44%with Dems

of 1,289 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

44%with Dems

of 1,289 · both combined

Steepest move

−15 pts

1861 → 1863

under one label

Changed parties

39th

O → R · first Congress under it

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 ↓18611867O→R · 39th

1869–7041st Congress

Sat as a Republican

42.3%with Democrats

of 331 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1861 → 1863, −15 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 recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1871H.R. 3036No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1871H.R. 3036No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 3036), 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 2, 1871S. 1185No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1871noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1871H.R. 2816No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1871H.R. 2816No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1871H.R. 2816No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1871H.R. 2816No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 331 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

5 Congresses

37th · 186138th · 186339th · 186541st · 1869

Other party · Senate · VA37th–37th

Other party · Senate · WV38th–38th

Republican · Senate · WV39th–41st

Term datesexact

Waitman Thomas Willey

Senator from West Virginia

SENATEO→R1861–18715 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

44.1%with Democrats

of 1,289 votes · 55.9% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested44%of 1,289 · combined

Steepest move−15 pts1861→63, under another label

Changed parties39thO→R

Career arc

100500O→R18611869

1869–70 · 41st · Republican · of 331 votes42.3%

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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 · 331 contested votes scored in the 41st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

37th · 186141st · 1869

Other party37th–37th

Other party38th–38th

Republican39th–41st

Other party switchers

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