WB
William Cabell Bruce
Senator from MarylandSENATEDEMOCRAT1923–1929ID B000972
LegislationHEADLINE
53%with Dems
of 251 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
53%with Dems
of 251 · both combined
Steepest move
+21 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 ↓1923
1927–2870th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
61.8%with Democrats
of 68 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1925 → 1927, +21 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
Mar 3, 1929noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1929noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1929H.R. 13929LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 13929), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Mar 2, 1929noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1929noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1929H.R. 15848LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1929H.R. 15430LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1929H.R. 15089LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1929noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 68 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
3 Congresses68th · 192370th · 1927
Democrat · Senate · MD68th–70th
Term datesexact