WA
William Henry Avery
Representative from KansasHOUSEREPUBLICAN1955–1965ID A000228
LegislationHEADLINE
27%with Dems
of 444 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
27%with Dems
of 444 · both combined
Steepest move
−19 pts
1961 → 1963
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 ↓19551961
1963–6488th Congress
Sat as a Republican
13.9%with Democrats
of 79 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1961 → 1963, −19 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
Aug 20, 1964H.R. 9586LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 19, 1964H.R. 11926LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Aug 19, 1964H.Res. 845LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 845), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Aug 19, 1964S. 3049LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 18, 1964H.R. 8000LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 14, 1964S. 1006LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 13, 1964H.R. 12175LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 13, 1964H.R. 11296LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Aug 12, 1964S. 1627LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 79 contested votes scored in the 88th 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
5 Congresses84th · 195588th · 1963
Republican · House · KS84th–88th
Term datesexact