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William Strother Cowherd
Representative from MissouriHOUSEDEMOCRAT1897–1905ID C000825
LegislationHEADLINE
92%with Dems
of 384 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
92%with Dems
of 384 · both combined
Steepest move
+5 pts
1897 → 1899
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 ↓18971903
1903–0458th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
90.8%with Democrats
of 65 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1897 → 1899, +5 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
Mar 2, 1905H.Res. 531LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1905H.R. 19203LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1905H.R. 18467LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 18467), 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
Mar 2, 1905H.R. 18467LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1905H.R. 18464LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1905S. 3343LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 21, 1905H.R. 18965LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 17, 1905H.Res. 497LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 17, 1905H.Res. 497LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 65 contested votes scored in the 58th 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
4 Congresses55th · 189758th · 1903
Democrat · House · MO55th–58th
Term datesexact