William Sterling Cole

Representative from New York

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1935–1959ID C000617

LegislationHEADLINE

12%with Dems

of 996 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

12%with Dems

of 996 · both combined

Steepest move

−10 pts

1953 → 1955

still a Republican

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 ↓1935194119471953

1957–5885th Congress

Sat as a Republican

11.1%with Democrats

of 54 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1953 → 1955, −10 pts — within one party label.

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

Aug 28, 1957S. 2792No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 27, 1957H.R. 7915No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 27, 1957H.Res. 410No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 410), 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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Aug 27, 1957H.Res. 410No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 23, 1957H.Res. 409No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 23, 1957H.Res. 407No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 23, 1957S. 2229No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Aug 23, 1957H.R. 9131No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 54 contested votes scored in the 85th 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

12 Congresses

74th · 193585th · 1957

Republican · House · NY74th–85th

Term datesexact

William Sterling Cole

Representative from New York

HOUSER1935–195912 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

11.8%with Democrats

of 996 votes · 88.2% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested12%of 996 · combined

Steepest move−10 pts1953→55, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019351957

1957–58 · 85th · Republican · of 54 votes11.1%

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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

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 54 contested votes scored in the 85th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

74th · 193585th · 1957

Republican74th–85th

Party switchers

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