William Fadjo Cravens

Representative from Arkansas

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1939–1949ID C000887

LegislationHEADLINE

68%with Dems

of 392 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

68%with Dems

of 392 · both combined

Steepest move

+16 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

72.9%with Democrats

of 70 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1945 → 1947, +16 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

Aug 5, 1948S.J.Res. 157No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Aug 4, 1948H.Res. 707No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jun 20, 1948H.R. 6801No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 6801), 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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Jun 19, 1948S. 2655No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jun 19, 1948H.R. 6481No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Jun 18, 1948H.R. 6959No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jun 18, 1948S. 2242No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Jun 18, 1948H.R. 6771No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jun 17, 1948H.Res. 685No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 70 contested votes scored in the 80th 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

5 Congresses

76th · 193980th · 1947

Democrat · House · AR76th–80th

Term datesexact

William Fadjo Cravens

Representative from Arkansas

HOUSED1939–19495 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

67.9%with Democrats

of 392 votes · 32.1% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested68%of 392 · combined

Steepest move+16 pts1945→47, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019391947

1947–48 · 80th · Democrat · of 70 votes72.9%

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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

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Latest 6 shown · 70 contested votes scored in the 80th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

76th · 193980th · 1947

Democrat76th–80th

Party switchers

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