William Henry Bates

Representative from Massachusetts

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1949–1971ID B000239

LegislationHEADLINE

24%with Dems

of 1,076 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

24%with Dems

of 1,076 · both combined

Steepest move

+21 pts

1959 → 1961

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 ↓1949195519611967

1969–7091st Congress

Sat as a Republican

28.6%with Democrats

of 7 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1959 → 1961, +21 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

Mar 12, 1969H.R. 33No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 12, 1969H.R. 33No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Feb 18, 1969H.Res. 89No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 89), 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

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Feb 18, 1969H.Res. 89No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jan 6, 1969noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Jan 3, 1969H.Res. 2No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jan 3, 1969H.Res. 1No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Jan 3, 1969H.Res. 1No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 7 contested votes scored in the 91st 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

11 Congresses

81st · 194991st · 1969

Republican · House · MA81st–91st

Term datesexact

William Henry Bates

Representative from Massachusetts

HOUSER1949–197111 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

23.7%with Democrats

of 1,076 votes · 76.3% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested24%of 1,076 · combined

Steepest move+21 pts1959→61, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019491969

1969–70 · 91st · Republican · of 7 votes28.6%

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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

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Latest 6 shown · 7 contested votes scored in the 91st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

81st · 194991st · 1969

Republican81st–91st

Party switchers

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