WB
William Brockman Bankhead
Representative from AlabamaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1917–1941ID B000113
LegislationHEADLINE
92%with Dems
of 850 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
92%with Dems
of 850 · both combined
Steepest move
−10 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 ↓1917192319291935
1939–4076th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
100%with Democrats
of 8 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1923 → 1925, −10 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
Nov 3, 1939S.Con.Res. 31LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Nov 3, 1939H.J.Res. 306LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 3, 1939H.Res. 266LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 266), 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
Jul 20, 1939S. 1871LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 30, 1939H.J.Res. 306LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 31, 1939H.J.Res. 246LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 28, 1939H.R. 5269LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 8, 1939H.R. 4425LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
8 most recent roll calls shown · 8 contested votes scored in the 76th 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
12 Congresses65th · 191776th · 1939
Democrat · House · AL65th–76th
Term datesexact