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William Levi Dawson
Representative from IllinoisHOUSEDEMOCRAT1943–1971ID D000158
LegislationHEADLINE
96%with Dems
of 1,140 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
96%with Dems
of 1,140 · both combined
Steepest move
+15 pts
1953 → 1955
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 ↓19431949195519611967
1969–7091st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
90.3%with Democrats
of 31 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1953 → 1955, +15 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 13, 1970H.R. 18546LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Aug 5, 1970H.R. 18546LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 23, 1970H.R. 14705LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 14705), 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
Jul 15, 1970S. 2601LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 9, 1970H.R. 17070LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 9, 1970H.R. 1562LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 9, 1970H.R. 1562LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 8, 1970H.R. 279LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 25, 1970H.R. 17495LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 31 contested votes scored in the 91st 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
14 Congresses78th · 194391st · 1969
Democrat · House · IL78th–91st
Term datesexact