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William Wright Arnold

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1923–1937ID A000300
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LegislationHEADLINE
87%with Dems
of 487 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
87%with Dems
of 487 · both combined
Steepest move
−16 pts
1923 → 1925
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 ↓192319291935
1935–3674th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
96.1%with Democrats
of 76 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1923 → 1925, −16 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
Aug 24, 1935noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 24, 1935S. 3140No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 24, 1935H.R. 8974No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 8974), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Aug 24, 1935S. 2796No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 24, 1935S.J.Res. 175No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 24, 1935S. 3286No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 24, 1935H.R. 8870No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 23, 1935H.Res. 350No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 23, 1935H.R. 362No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 76 contested votes scored in the 74th 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

7 Congresses
68th · 192374th · 1935
Democrat · House · IL68th–74th
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
WA

William Wright Arnold

Representative from Illinois
HOUSED1923–19377 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
87.3%with Democrats
of 487 votes · 12.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested87%of 487 · combined
Steepest move−16 pts1923→25, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019231935
1935–36 · 74th · Democrat · of 76 votes96.1%

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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 · 76 contested votes scored in the 74th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

68th · 192374th · 1935
Democrat68th–74th

Party switchers

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