WB
William Arvis Blakley
Senator from TexasSENATEDEMOCRAT1957–1963ID B000536
LegislationHEADLINE
39%with Dems
of 38 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
39%with Dems
of 38 · both combined
Steepest move
−24 pts
1957 → 1961
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 ↓1957
1961–6287th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
36.4%with Democrats
of 33 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1957 → 1961, −24 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
May 25, 1961S. 1021LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
May 24, 1961S. 1021LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 24, 1961S. 1021LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 1021), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
May 24, 1961S. 1021LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 24, 1961S. 1021LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 24, 1961S. 1021LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 24, 1961S. 1021LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 23, 1961S. 1021LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
May 22, 1961S. 1021LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 33 contested votes scored in the 87th 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
2 Congresses85th · 195787th · 1961
Democrat · Senate · TX85th–87th
Term datesexact