WB
William Emerson Brock
Senator from TennesseeSENATEDEMOCRAT1929–1931ID B000850
LegislationHEADLINE
86%with Dems
of 159 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
86%with Dems
of 159 · 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 ↓1929
1929–3071st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
86.2%with Democrats
of 159 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, 1931S.J.Res. 49LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1931S. 255LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1931H.R. 16836LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 16836), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Feb 27, 1931H.R. 17054LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 25, 1931noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 23, 1931S.J.Res. 49LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 20, 1931H.R. 14246LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 19, 1931H.R. 17054LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 17, 1931H.R. 16415LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 159 contested votes scored in the 71st 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
1 Congresses71st · 1929
Democrat · Senate · TN71st–71st
Term datesexact