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William John Browning

Representative from New Jersey
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1911–1921ID B000961
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LegislationHEADLINE
16%with Dems
of 380 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
16%with Dems
of 380 · both combined
Steepest move
+21 pts
1915 → 1917
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 ↓19111917
1919–2066th Congress
Sat as a Republican
18.6%with Democrats
of 59 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1915 → 1917, +21 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
Mar 23, 1920H.R. 13108No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 20, 1920H.Res. 495No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 19, 1920H.Res. 499No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 499), 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
Mar 19, 1920H.Res. 413No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 18, 1920H.R. 12775No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 18, 1920H.R. 12775No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 18, 1920H.R. 12775No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 17, 1920S. 2085No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 17, 1920H.R. 12724No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 59 contested votes scored in the 66th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.

Service record

5 Congresses
62nd · 191166th · 1919
Republican · House · NJ62nd–66th
Term datesexact
Members · New Jersey
WB

William John Browning

Representative from New Jersey
HOUSER1911–19215 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
16.1%with Democrats
of 380 votes · 83.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested16%of 380 · combined
Steepest move+21 pts1915→17, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019111919
1919–20 · 66th · Republican · of 59 votes18.6%

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Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.
Democratic majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 59 contested votes scored in the 66th

By policy area

career

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls.

Service record

62nd · 191166th · 1919
Republican62nd–66th

Party switchers

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