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William Charles Adamson

Representative from Georgia
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1897–1919ID A000051
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LegislationHEADLINE
94%with Dems
of 1,030 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
94%with Dems
of 1,030 · both combined
Steepest move
−8 pts
1899 → 1901
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 ↓1897190319091915
1917–1865th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
100%with Democrats
of 28 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1899 → 1901, −8 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
Dec 17, 1917S.J.Res. 17No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 15, 1917H.J.Res. 174No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 14, 1917H.R. 7237No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 7237), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
Dec 7, 1917S.J.Res. 111No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 10, 1917H.R. 5723No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 5, 1917H.Res. 168No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 3, 1917H.J.Res. 116No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 2, 1917S. 2623No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 24, 1917H.Res. 12No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 28 contested votes scored in the 65th 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

11 Congresses
55th · 189765th · 1917
Democrat · House · GA55th–65th
Term datesexact
Members · Georgia
WA

William Charles Adamson

Representative from Georgia
HOUSED1897–191911 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
94.2%with Democrats
of 1,030 votes · 5.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested94%of 1,030 · combined
Steepest move−8 pts1899→01, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018971917
1917–18 · 65th · Democrat · of 28 votes100%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 28 contested votes scored in the 65th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

55th · 189765th · 1917
Democrat55th–65th

Party switchers

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