William Purington Cole Jr.

Representative from Maryland

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1927–1943ID C000616

LegislationHEADLINE

77%with Dems

of 535 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

77%with Dems

of 535 · both combined

Steepest move

+23 pts

1927 → 1931

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 ↓192719331939

1941–4277th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

83.3%with Democrats

of 48 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1927 → 1931, +23 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

Oct 17, 1942H.R. 7528No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 13, 1942H.R. 1024No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 12, 1942H.Res. 110No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 110), 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

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Oct 12, 1942H.Res. 110No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 23, 1942H.R. 7565No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 23, 1942H.R. 7565No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Sep 9, 1942H.R. 7416No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 9, 1942H.R. 7416No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Jul 20, 1942H.R. 7378No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 48 contested votes scored in the 77th 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

70th · 192777th · 1941

Democrat · House · MD70th–77th

Term datesexact

William Purington Cole Jr.

Representative from Maryland

HOUSED1927–19437 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

76.8%with Democrats

of 535 votes · 23.2% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested77%of 535 · combined

Steepest move+23 pts1927→31, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019271941

1941–42 · 77th · Democrat · of 48 votes83.3%

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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

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Latest 6 shown · 48 contested votes scored in the 77th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

70th · 192777th · 1941

Democrat70th–77th

Party switchers

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