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Ashley Bascom Wright

Representative from Massachusetts
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1893–1899ID W000754
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LegislationHEADLINE
14%with Dems
of 207 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
14%with Dems
of 207 · both combined
Steepest move
−22 pts
1895 → 1897
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 ↓1893
1897–9855th Congress
Sat as a Republican
0%with Democrats
of 19 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1895 → 1897, −22 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
Jul 21, 1897noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 19, 1897H.R. 379No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 1, 1897noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP 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
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Jun 17, 1897noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 17, 1897noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 14, 1897noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 10, 1897noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 7, 1897noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 3, 1897S. 1886No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 19 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

3 Congresses
53rd · 189355th · 1897
Republican · House · MA53rd–55th
Term datesexact
Members · Massachusetts
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Ashley Bascom Wright

Representative from Massachusetts
HOUSER1893–18993 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
14.5%with Democrats
of 207 votes · 85.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested14%of 207 · combined
Steepest move−22 pts1895→97, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018931897
1897–98 · 55th · Republican · of 19 votes0%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 · 19 contested votes scored in the 55th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

53rd · 189355th · 1897
Republican53rd–55th

Party switchers

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