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William Paine Sheffield

Senator from Rhode Island
SENATEOTHER PARTY→REPUBLICAN1861–1885ID S000319
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LegislationHEADLINE
38%with Dems
of 406 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
38%with Dems
of 406 · both combined
Steepest move
−27 pts
1861 → 1883
the label changed
Changed parties
48th
O → R · 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 ↓1861186718731879O→R · 48th
1883–8448th Congress
Sat as a Republican
11.8%with Democrats
of 17 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1861 → 1883, −27 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
Jan 17, 1885S. 2112No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 17, 1885S. 1886No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jan 17, 1885S. 2112No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2112), 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
Jan 17, 1885S. 1331No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 17, 1885S. 1331No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 16, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 14, 1885S. 2530No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 13, 1885S. 2112No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 13, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 17 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

2 Congresses
37th · 186148th · 1883
Other party · House · RI37th–37th
Republican · Senate · RI48th–48th
Term datesexact
Members · Rhode Island
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William Paine Sheffield

Senator from Rhode Island
SENATEO→R1861–18852 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
37.7%with Democrats
of 406 votes · 62.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested38%of 406 · combined
Steepest move−27 pts1861→83, as a Republican
Changed parties48thO→R

Career arc

100500O→R18611883
1883–84 · 48th · Republican · of 17 votes11.8%

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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 · 17 contested votes scored in the 48th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

37th · 186148th · 1883
Other party37th–37th
Republican48th–48th

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