WC
William Bourke Cockran
Representative from New YorkHOUSEDEMOCRAT1887–1923ID C000575
LegislationHEADLINE
71%with Dems
of 329 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
71%with Dems
of 329 · both combined
Steepest move
+48 pts
1893 → 1903
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 ↓188718931899190519111917
1921–2267th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
79%with Democrats
of 100 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1893 → 1903, +48 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
Feb 28, 1923H.R. 14435LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 27, 1923H.R. 11939LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1923H.R. 14408LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 14408), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Feb 23, 1923H.R. 14229LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 23, 1923H.R. 14222LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 23, 1923H.Res. 492LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 21, 1923H.R. 13793LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 21, 1923H.R. 13793LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 9, 1923H.R. 14254LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 100 contested votes scored in the 67th 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
7 Congresses50th · 188767th · 1921
Democrat · House · NY50th–67th
Term datesexact