William Meyers Colmer

Representative from Mississippi

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1933–1973ID C000645

LegislationHEADLINE

48%with Dems

of 2,050 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

48%with Dems

of 2,050 · both combined

Steepest move

−39 pts

1947 → 1949

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 ↓1933193919451951195719631969

1971–7292nd Congress

Sat as a Democrat

19.8%with Democrats

of 182 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1947 → 1949, −39 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 18, 1972H.Con.Res. 726No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 18, 1972S. 2770No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Oct 17, 1972H.J.Res. 1331No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 1331), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Oct 17, 1972H.R. 16810No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Oct 17, 1972H.R. 1No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 14, 1972H.R. 1166No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Oct 14, 1972H.J.Res. 1331No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Oct 14, 1972S. 4062No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Oct 14, 1972H.Res. 1147No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 182 contested votes scored in the 92nd 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

20 Congresses

73rd · 193392nd · 1971

Democrat · House · MS73rd–92nd

Term datesexact

William Meyers Colmer

Representative from Mississippi

HOUSED1933–197320 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

47.5%with Democrats

of 2,050 votes · 52.5% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested48%of 2,050 · combined

Steepest move−39 pts1947→49, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019331971

1971–72 · 92nd · Democrat · of 182 votes19.8%

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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 · 182 contested votes scored in the 92nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

73rd · 193392nd · 1971

Democrat73rd–92nd

Party switchers

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