WB
William Dayton Boies
Representative from IowaHOUSEREPUBLICAN1919–1929ID B000597
LegislationHEADLINE
20%with Dems
of 406 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
20%with Dems
of 406 · both combined
Steepest move
+24 pts
1925 → 1927
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 ↓19191925
1927–2870th Congress
Sat as a Republican
50%with Democrats
of 2 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1925 → 1927, +24 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
Jan 7, 1929H.R. 14813LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
May 25, 1928H.R. 5773LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 14, 1928S. 3555LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3555), 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
May 3, 1928S. 3555LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 3, 1928S. 3555LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 13, 1928H.Res. 134LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 5, 1927noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
7 most recent roll calls shown · 2 contested votes scored in the 70th 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
5 Congresses66th · 191970th · 1927
Republican · House · IA66th–70th
Term datesexact