Samuel Wheeler Moulton

Representative from Illinois

HOUSEREPUBLICAN→DEMOCRAT1865–1885ID M001047

LegislationHEADLINE

44%with Dems

of 621 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

44%with Dems

of 621 · both combined

Steepest move

+69 pts

1865 → 1881

the label changed

Changed parties

47th

R → D · first Congress under it

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 ↓1865187118771883R→D · 47th

1883–8448th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

77.9%with Democrats

of 136 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1865 → 1881, +69 pts — the Congress the label changed.

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, 1885S. 2530No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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

Open roll call

Mar 3, 1885H.R. 8138No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1885H.R. 8239No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 136 contested votes scored in the 48th 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

39th · 186547th · 188148th · 1883

Republican · House · IL39th–39th

Democrat · House · IL47th–48th

Term datesexact

Samuel Wheeler Moulton

Representative from Illinois

HOUSER→D1865–18853 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

44%with Democrats

of 621 votes · 56% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested44%of 621 · combined

Steepest move+69 pts1865→81, as a Democrat

Changed parties47thR→D

Career arc

100500R→D18651883

1883–84 · 48th · Democrat · of 136 votes77.9%

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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 · 136 contested votes scored in the 48th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

39th · 186548th · 1883

Republican39th–39th

Democrat47th–48th

Other party switchers

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