WB
William Bismarck Bowling
Representative from AlabamaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1919–1929ID B000702
LegislationHEADLINE
95%with Dems
of 404 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
95%with Dems
of 404 · both combined
Steepest move
−9 pts
1925 → 1927
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 ↓19191925
1927–2870th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
86.4%with Democrats
of 22 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1925 → 1927, −9 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, 1928S.J.Res. 46LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 3, 1928S. 3555LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
May 3, 1928S. 3555LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
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 Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Apr 24, 1928S. 3740LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 24, 1928H.R. 3740LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Apr 20, 1928noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 6, 1928H.R. 8927LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 29, 1928H.R. 279LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 29, 1928H.R. 149LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 22 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
Democrat · House · AL66th–70th
Term datesexact