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John Thomas Wilson

Representative from Ohio
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1867–1873ID W000603
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LegislationHEADLINE
20%with Dems
of 1,025 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
20%with Dems
of 1,025 · both combined
Steepest move
+9 pts
1867 → 1869
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 ↓1867
1871–7242nd Congress
Sat as a Republican
19.9%with Democrats
of 282 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1867 → 1869, +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, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1873H.R. 3921No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 3921), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Mar 3, 1873H.R. 3921No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1873noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1873S. 693No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 282 contested votes scored in the 42nd 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

3 Congresses
40th · 186742nd · 1871
Republican · House · OH40th–42nd
Term datesexact
Members · Ohio
JW

John Thomas Wilson

Representative from Ohio
HOUSER1867–18733 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
19.9%with Democrats
of 1,025 votes · 80.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested20%of 1,025 · combined
Steepest move+9 pts1867→69, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018671871
1871–72 · 42nd · Republican · of 282 votes19.9%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 282 contested votes scored in the 42nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

40th · 186742nd · 1871
Republican40th–42nd

Party switchers

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