WC
William Edwin Chilton
Senator from West VirginiaSENATEDEMOCRAT1911–1917ID C000360
LegislationHEADLINE
88%with Dems
of 603 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
88%with Dems
of 603 · both combined
Steepest move
+11 pts
1911 → 1913
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 ↓1911
1915–1664th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
90.4%with Democrats
of 156 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1911 → 1913, +11 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 2, 1917H.R. 20783LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1917S. 8322LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1917S. 8322LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 8322), 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
Feb 28, 1917noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1917noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1917noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1917H.R. 20573LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1917H.R. 20573LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1917H.R. 20573LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 156 contested votes scored in the 64th 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 Congresses62nd · 191164th · 1915
Democrat · Senate · WV62nd–64th
Term datesexact