William Leighton Carss

Representative from Minnesota

HOUSEOTHER PARTY1919–1929ID C000194

LegislationHEADLINE

75%with Dems

of 210 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

75%with Dems

of 210 · both combined

Steepest move

+30 pts

1925 → 1927

under one label

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 ↓19191925

1927–2870th Congress

Sat under another party label

82.9%with Democrats

of 35 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1925 → 1927, +30 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 3, 1929H.J.Res. 402No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1929S.J.Res. 132No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Feb 28, 1929S. 2901No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2901), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Feb 25, 1929H.R. 17223No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 19, 1929H.R. 15089No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 15, 1929H.R. 16926No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 8, 1929H.R. 16714No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 4, 1929S. 1347No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jan 31, 1929H.R. 303No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 35 contested votes scored in the 70th 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

3 Congresses

66th · 191970th · 1927

Other party · House · MN66th–70th

Term datesexact

William Leighton Carss

Representative from Minnesota

HOUSEO1919–19293 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

75.2%with Democrats

of 210 votes · 24.8% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested75%of 210 · combined

Steepest move+30 pts1925→27, under another label

Career arc

10050019191927

1927–28 · 70th · Other party · of 35 votes82.9%

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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 majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 35 contested votes scored in the 70th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

66th · 191970th · 1927

Other party66th–70th

Party switchers

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