William Wallace Wilshire

Representative from Arkansas

HOUSEREPUBLICAN→DEMOCRAT1873–1877ID W000567

LegislationHEADLINE

59%with Dems

of 151 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

59%with Dems

of 151 · both combined

Steepest move

+26 pts

1873 → 1875

the label changed

Changed parties

44th

R → D · first Congress under it

votes moved after

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 ↓1873R→D · 44th

1875–7644th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

66.1%with Democrats

of 109 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1873 → 1875, +26 pts — the Congress the label changed.

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. 811No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1877H.R. 34No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM 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

YEASided with the Democratic majority

Open roll call

Mar 3, 1877H.R. 3798No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1877S. 407No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 109 contested votes scored in the 44th 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

43rd · 187344th · 1875

Republican · House · AR43rd–43rd

Democrat · House · AR44th–44th

Term datesexact

William Wallace Wilshire

Representative from Arkansas

HOUSER→D1873–18772 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

58.9%with Democrats

of 151 votes · 41.1% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested59%of 151 · combined

Steepest move+26 pts1873→75, as a Democrat

Changed parties44thR→D · votes moved after

Career arc

100500R→D18731875

1875–76 · 44th · Democrat · of 109 votes66.1%

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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 majorityNay

Counts toward scoreYes

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 109 contested votes scored in the 44th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

43rd · 187344th · 1875

Republican43rd–43rd

Democrat44th–44th

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