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William Brewster Williams
Representative from MichiganHOUSEREPUBLICAN1873–1877ID W000547
LegislationHEADLINE
14%with Dems
of 516 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
14%with Dems
of 516 · both combined
Steepest move
−9 pts
1873 → 1875
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 ↓1873
1875–7644th Congress
Sat as a Republican
8.6%with Democrats
of 198 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1873 → 1875, −9 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, 1877S. 811LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1877S. 125LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Mar 3, 1877H.R. 34LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1877noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877H.R. 3798LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1877S. 14LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1877noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1877H.R. 4698LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 198 contested votes scored in the 44th 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
2 Congresses43rd · 187344th · 1875
Republican · House · MI43rd–44th
Term datesexact