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William Evans Burney

Representative from Colorado
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1939–1941ID B001122
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LegislationHEADLINE
100%with Dems
of 1 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
100%with Dems
of 1 · 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 ↓1939
1939–4076th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
100%with Democrats
of 1 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
Dec 2, 1940H.R. 6324No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
1 most recent roll calls shown · 1 contested votes scored in the 76th 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

1 Congresses
76th · 1939
Democrat · House · CO76th–76th
Term datesexact
Members · Colorado
WB

William Evans Burney

Representative from Colorado
HOUSED1939–19411 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
100%with Democrats
of 1 votes · 0% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested100%of 1 · combined

Career arc

10050019391939
1939–40 · 76th · Democrat · of 1 votes100%

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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.
Latest 1 shown · 1 contested votes scored in the 76th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

76th · 193976th · 1939
Democrat76th–76th

Party switchers

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