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William Edward Cleary

Representative from New York
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1917–1927ID C000500
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LegislationHEADLINE
68%with Dems
of 292 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
68%with Dems
of 292 · both combined
Steepest move
−16 pts
1919 → 1923
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 ↓19171923
1925–2669th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
65.4%with Democrats
of 26 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1919 → 1923, −16 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, 1927S.J.Res. 152No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1927H.Res. 454No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1927H.Res. 454No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 454), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Mar 3, 1927S. 5314No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1927H.R. 17130No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 24, 1927H.R. 2No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 30, 1926H.R. 11768No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 29, 1926H.R. 13040No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 8, 1926H.R. 10821No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 26 contested votes scored in the 69th 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

4 Congresses
65th · 191769th · 1925
Democrat · House · NY65th–69th
Term datesexact
Members · New York
WC

William Edward Cleary

Representative from New York
HOUSED1917–19274 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
68.5%with Democrats
of 292 votes · 31.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested68%of 292 · combined
Steepest move−16 pts1919→23, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019171925
1925–26 · 69th · Democrat · of 26 votes65.4%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 26 contested votes scored in the 69th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

65th · 191769th · 1925
Democrat65th–69th

Party switchers

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