William Hill Boner

Representative from Tennessee

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1979–1989ID B000615

LegislationHEADLINE

76%with Dems

of 1,785 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

76%with Dems

of 1,785 · both combined

Steepest move

+7 pts

1981 → 1983

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 ↓19791985

1987–88100th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

85.4%with Democrats

of 89 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1981 → 1983, +7 pts — while still a Democrat.

Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

9 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with

Sep 16, 1987H.R. 1154No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Aug 4, 1987noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM 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

YEASided with the Democratic majority

Open roll call

Jul 22, 1987H.R. 2470No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Jul 22, 1987H.R. 2470No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jul 22, 1987H.R. 2470No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Jul 22, 1987H.R. 2470No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Jul 13, 1987H.R. 2890No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 89 contested votes scored in the 100th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation

Economics and Public Finance78.6% · 473 votes

Congress88.7% · 194 votes

Armed Forces and National Security52.4% · 168 votes

Government Operations and Politics76.2% · 130 votes

International Affairs66.9% · 130 votes

Foreign Trade and International Finance70.5% · 88 votes

Agriculture and Food81.8% · 66 votes

Transportation and Public Works86.3% · 51 votes

Housing and Community Development84.8% · 46 votes

Labor and Employment95.6% · 45 votes

Science, Technology, Communications84.1% · 44 votes

Education81% · 42 votes

Public Lands and Natural Resources92.1% · 38 votes

Energy80.6% · 36 votes

Taxation80.6% · 36 votes

Health75.9% · 29 votes

Immigration37.5% · 24 votes

Environmental Protection82.6% · 23 votes

Crime and Law Enforcement47.6% · 21 votes

Social Welfare85% · 20 votes

Commerce61.5% · 13 votes

Native Americans83.3% · 12 votes

Too few contested votes to score

Finance and Financial Sector— · 8 votes

Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 7 votes

Law— · 6 votes

Water Resources Development— · 6 votes

Arts, Culture, Religion— · 5 votes

Private Legislation— · 5 votes

Families— · 4 votes

Social Sciences and History— · 4 votes

Commemorations— · 3 votes

Sports and Recreation— · 2 votes

They also voted in 1 area where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Emergency Management.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

5 Congresses

96th · 1979100th · 1987

Democrat · House · TN96th–100th

Term datesexact

William Hill Boner

Representative from Tennessee

HOUSED1979–19895 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

76.5%with Democrats

of 1,785 votes · 23.5% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested76%of 1,785 · combined

Steepest move+7 pts1981→83, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019791987

1987–88 · 100th · Democrat · of 89 votes85.4%

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Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. 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 · 89 contested votes scored in the 100th

By policy area

career

Economics and Public Finance78.6% · 473

Congress88.7% · 194

Armed Forces and National Security52.4% · 168

Government Operations and Politics76.2% · 130

International Affairs66.9% · 130

Foreign Trade and International Finance70.5% · 88

Agriculture and Food81.8% · 66

Transportation and Public Works86.3% · 51

Housing and Community Development84.8% · 46

Labor and Employment95.6% · 45

Science, Technology, Communications84.1% · 44

Education81% · 42

Public Lands and Natural Resources92.1% · 38

Energy80.6% · 36

Taxation80.6% · 36

Health75.9% · 29

Immigration37.5% · 24

Environmental Protection82.6% · 23

Crime and Law Enforcement47.6% · 21

Social Welfare85% · 20

Commerce61.5% · 13

Native Americans83.3% · 12

Finance and Financial Sector— · 8

Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 7

Law— · 6

Water Resources Development— · 6

Arts, Culture, Religion— · 5

Private Legislation— · 5

Families— · 4

Social Sciences and History— · 4

Commemorations— · 3

Sports and Recreation— · 2

Also voted in 1 area where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Emergency Management.

Service record

96th · 1979100th · 1987

Democrat96th–100th

Party switchers

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