William Robert Anderson

Representative from Tennessee

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1965–1973ID A000203

LegislationHEADLINE

85%with Dems

of 537 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

85%with Dems

of 537 · both combined

Steepest move

−22 pts

1967 → 1969

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 ↓19651971

1971–7292nd Congress

Sat as a Democrat

83.3%with Democrats

of 138 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1967 → 1969, −22 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

Oct 14, 1972H.R. 1166No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 14, 1972S. 4062No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 12, 1972H.R. 14370No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 14370), 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

Open roll call

Oct 12, 1972H.R. 16987No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 11, 1972H.R. 6842No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 11, 1972H.R. 16724No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 11, 1972H.R. 16732No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 11, 1972H.R. 17034No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 11, 1972H.R. 16654No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 138 contested votes scored in the 92nd 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

4 Congresses

89th · 196592nd · 1971

Democrat · House · TN89th–92nd

Term datesexact

William Robert Anderson

Representative from Tennessee

HOUSED1965–19734 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

85.1%with Democrats

of 537 votes · 14.9% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested85%of 537 · combined

Steepest move−22 pts1967→69, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019651971

1971–72 · 92nd · Democrat · of 138 votes83.3%

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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 majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 138 contested votes scored in the 92nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

89th · 196592nd · 1971

Democrat89th–92nd

Party switchers

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