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William Bourke Cockran

Representative from New York
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1887–1923ID C000575
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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. 14435No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 27, 1923H.R. 11939No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1923H.R. 14408No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM 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. 14229No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 23, 1923H.R. 14222No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 23, 1923H.Res. 492No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 21, 1923H.R. 13793No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 21, 1923H.R. 13793No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 9, 1923H.R. 14254No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 100 contested votes scored in the 67th 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

7 Congresses
50th · 188767th · 1921
Democrat · House · NY50th–67th
Term datesexact
Members · New York
WC

William Bourke Cockran

Representative from New York
HOUSED1887–19237 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
70.5%with Democrats
of 329 votes · 29.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested71%of 329 · combined
Steepest move+48 pts1893→03, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018871921
1921–22 · 67th · Democrat · of 100 votes79%

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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 · 100 contested votes scored in the 67th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

50th · 188767th · 1921
Democrat50th–67th

Party switchers

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