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Robert Wilson

Senator from Missouri
SENATEOTHER PARTY1861–1865ID W000609
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LegislationHEADLINE
86%with Dems
of 202 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
86%with Dems
of 202 · both combined
Steepest move
−19 pts
1861 → 1863
under one label

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 ↓1861
1863–6438th Congress
Sat under another party label
66.7%with Democrats
of 3 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1861 → 1863, −19 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 13, 1863noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 13, 1863noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 13, 1863noneNo 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
Mar 12, 1863noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 12, 1863noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 12, 1863noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 12, 1863noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 12, 1863noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 12, 1863noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 3 contested votes scored in the 38th 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
37th · 186138th · 1863
Other party · Senate · MO37th–38th
Term datesexact
Members · Missouri
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Robert Wilson

Senator from Missouri
SENATEO1861–18652 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
85.6%with Democrats
of 202 votes · 14.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested86%of 202 · combined
Steepest move−19 pts1861→63, under another label

Career arc

10050018611863
1863–64 · 38th · Other party · of 3 votes66.7%

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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 · 3 contested votes scored in the 38th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

37th · 186138th · 1863
Other party37th–38th

Party switchers

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