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William Thomas Byrne

Representative from New York
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1937–1953ID B001214
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LegislationHEADLINE
94%with Dems
of 662 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
94%with Dems
of 662 · both combined
Steepest move
+14 pts
1949 → 1951
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 ↓193719431949
1951–5282nd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
100%with Democrats
of 58 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1949 → 1951, +14 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
Jan 15, 1952H.R. 5715No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 19, 1951H.R. 3669No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 19, 1951H.R. 4473No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 4473), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Oct 19, 1951S. 622No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 19, 1951S. 355No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 18, 1951S.Con.Res. 36No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 18, 1951H.Res. 463No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 16, 1951H.R. 4473No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 15, 1951H.R. 5411No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 58 contested votes scored in the 82nd 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

8 Congresses
75th · 193782nd · 1951
Democrat · House · NY75th–82nd
Term datesexact
Members · New York
WB

William Thomas Byrne

Representative from New York
HOUSED1937–19538 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
93.5%with Democrats
of 662 votes · 6.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested94%of 662 · combined
Steepest move+14 pts1949→51, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019371951
1951–52 · 82nd · Democrat · of 58 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.
Democratic majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 58 contested votes scored in the 82nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

75th · 193782nd · 1951
Democrat75th–82nd

Party switchers

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