John Lockwood Wilson

Senator from Washington

SENATEREPUBLICAN1889–1899ID W000602

LegislationHEADLINE

9%with Dems

of 775 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

9%with Dems

of 775 · both combined

Steepest move

−14 pts

1893 → 1895

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 ↓18891895

1897–9855th Congress

Sat as a Republican

4.8%with Democrats

of 208 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1893 → 1895, −14 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, 1899noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1899noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.

Where this lands

YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Feb 27, 1899S. 5578No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Feb 24, 1899H.R. 11795No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 24, 1899H.R. 11795No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 24, 1899H.R. 11795No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 21, 1899H.R. 11683No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 208 contested votes scored in the 55th 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

51st · 188954th · 189555th · 1897

Republican · House · WA51st–53rd

Republican · Senate · WA54th–55th

Term datesyears only to 1893 · exact from 1889

John Lockwood Wilson

Senator from Washington

SENATER1889–18995 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

8.9%with Democrats

of 775 votes · 91.1% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested9%of 775 · combined

Steepest move−14 pts1893→95, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018891897

1897–98 · 55th · Republican · of 208 votes4.8%

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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 majorityNay

Republican majorityNay

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 208 contested votes scored in the 55th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

51st · 188955th · 1897

Republican51st–53rd

Republican54th–55th

Party switchers

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