JW
John Stuart Williams
Senator from KentuckySENATEDEMOCRAT1879–1885ID W000522
LegislationHEADLINE
88%with Dems
of 899 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
88%with Dems
of 899 · both combined
Steepest move
−15 pts
1881 → 1883
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 ↓1879
1883–8448th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
77.5%with Democrats
of 173 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1881 → 1883, −15 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 3, 1885H.R. 8280LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1885H.R. 7970LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Mar 2, 1885H.R. 7970LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885H.R. 7718LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1885H.R. 8256LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1885H.R. 8256LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885H.R. 8256LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885H.R. 8256LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 173 contested votes scored in the 48th 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 Congresses46th · 187948th · 1883
Democrat · Senate · KY46th–48th
Term datesexact