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William Gay Brown

Representative from West Virginia
HOUSEOTHER PARTY1861–1865ID B000948
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LegislationHEADLINE
58%with Dems
of 567 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
58%with Dems
of 567 · both combined
Steepest move
−13 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
51.1%with Democrats
of 266 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1861 → 1863, −13 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
Feb 28, 1865H.R. 772No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1865H.R. 772No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1865H.R. 772No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 772), 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
Feb 27, 1865noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1865H.R. 678No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1865H.R. 678No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1865H.R. 678No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1865S.J.Res. 89No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 22, 1865H.R. 740No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 266 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 · House · VA37th–37th
Other party · House · WV38th–38th
Term datesexact
Members · West Virginia
WB

William Gay Brown

Representative from West Virginia
HOUSEO1861–18652 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
58%with Democrats
of 567 votes · 42% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested58%of 567 · combined
Steepest move−13 pts1861→63, under another label

Career arc

10050018611863
1863–64 · 38th · Other party · of 266 votes51.1%

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 · 266 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–37th
Other party38th–38th

Party switchers

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