WC
William Wirt Courtney
Representative from TennesseeHOUSEDEMOCRAT1939–1949ID C000810
LegislationHEADLINE
85%with Dems
of 369 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
85%with Dems
of 369 · both combined
Steepest move
+6 pts
1945 → 1947
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 ↓19391945
1947–4880th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
91.2%with Democrats
of 57 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1945 → 1947, +6 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
Jun 20, 1948H.R. 6801LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 19, 1948S. 2655LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 19, 1948H.R. 6481LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 6481), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Jun 18, 1948H.R. 6959LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 18, 1948S. 2242LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 18, 1948H.R. 6771LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 18, 1948H.R. 6771LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 17, 1948H.Res. 685LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 17, 1948S. 110LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 57 contested votes scored in the 80th 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
5 Congresses76th · 193980th · 1947
Democrat · House · TN76th–80th
Term datesexact