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William Fred Birch

Representative from New Jersey
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1917–1919ID B000476
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LegislationHEADLINE
4%with Dems
of 25 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
4%with Dems
of 25 · both combined

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 ↓1917
1917–1865th Congress
Sat as a Republican
4%with Democrats
of 25 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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 3, 1919H.R. 606No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1919noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1919noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Mar 1, 1919noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1919noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1919noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1919noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1919noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 26, 1919H.Res. 541No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 25 contested votes scored in the 65th 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

1 Congresses
65th · 1917
Republican · House · NJ65th–65th
Term datesexact
Members · New Jersey
WB

William Fred Birch

Representative from New Jersey
HOUSER1917–19191 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
4%with Democrats
of 25 votes · 96% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested4%of 25 · combined

Career arc

10050019171917
1917–18 · 65th · Republican · of 25 votes4%

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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 · 25 contested votes scored in the 65th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

65th · 191765th · 1917
Republican65th–65th

Party switchers

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