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William Boyd Allison
Senator from IowaSENATEREPUBLICAN1863–1909ID A000160
LegislationHEADLINE
10%with Dems
of 5,595 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
10%with Dems
of 5,595 · both combined
Steepest move
−14 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 ↓18631869187518811887189318991905
1907–0860th Congress
Sat as a Republican
7.7%with Democrats
of 13 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1895 → 1897, −14 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
May 30, 1908H.R. 21871LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 30, 1908H.R. 21871LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 29, 1908H.R. 21871LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 21871), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
May 27, 1908S. 6190LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 23, 1908S.J.Res. 91LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 22, 1908S.J.Res. 74LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 15, 1908H.R. 21871LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 13, 1908S. 5729LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 13, 1908S. 5729LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 13 contested votes scored in the 60th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
22 Congresses38th · 186343rd · 187360th · 1907
Republican · House · IA38th–41st
Republican · Senate · IA43rd–60th
Term datesexact