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William Elijah Cox

Representative from Indiana
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1907–1919ID C000840
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LegislationHEADLINE
86%with Dems
of 733 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
86%with Dems
of 733 · both combined
Steepest move
+10 pts
1907 → 1909
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 ↓19071913
1917–1865th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
73.2%with Democrats
of 82 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1907 → 1909, +10 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
Jan 7, 1919H.Res. 492No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jan 7, 1919H.Res. 492No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 5, 1918H.R. 12917No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12917), 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
Dec 5, 1918H.R. 12917No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 2, 1918H.R. 12404No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 24, 1918noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Sep 24, 1918H.R. 152No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 24, 1918H.R. 152No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 23, 1918H.R. 11945No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 82 contested votes scored in the 65th 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

6 Congresses
60th · 190765th · 1917
Democrat · House · IN60th–65th
Term datesexact
Members · Indiana
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William Elijah Cox

Representative from Indiana
HOUSED1907–19196 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
85.9%with Democrats
of 733 votes · 14.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested86%of 733 · combined
Steepest move+10 pts1907→09, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019071917
1917–18 · 65th · Democrat · of 82 votes73.2%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
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Latest 6 shown · 82 contested votes scored in the 65th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

60th · 190765th · 1917
Democrat60th–65th

Party switchers

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