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Fernando Wood

Representative from New York
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1863–1881ID W000694
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LegislationHEADLINE
86%with Dems
of 1,800 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
86%with Dems
of 1,800 · both combined
Steepest move
−15 pts
1877 → 1879
still a Democrat

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 ↓186318691875
1879–8046th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
59.3%with Democrats
of 118 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1877 → 1879, −15 pts — while still a Democrat.
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
Jan 19, 1881H.R. 4592No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 19, 1881H.R. 4592No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 19, 1881H.R. 4592No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 4592), 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
Jan 19, 1881H.R. 4592No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 19, 1881H.R. 4592No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 19, 1881H.R. 4592No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 22, 1880noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 21, 1880H.J.Res. 357No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 20, 1880H.R. 5897No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 118 contested votes scored in the 46th 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

8 Congresses
38th · 186346th · 1879
Democrat · House · NY38th–46th
Term datesexact
Members · New York
FW

Fernando Wood

Representative from New York
HOUSED1863–18818 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
86%with Democrats
of 1,800 votes · 14% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested86%of 1,800 · combined
Steepest move−15 pts1877→79, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018631879
1879–80 · 46th · Democrat · of 118 votes59.3%

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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 · 118 contested votes scored in the 46th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

38th · 186346th · 1879
Democrat38th–46th

Party switchers

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