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William Alexander Ekwall

Representative from Oregon
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1935–1937ID E000098
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LegislationHEADLINE
23%with Dems
of 117 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
23%with Dems
of 117 · both combined

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 ↓1935
1935–3674th Congress
Sat as a Republican
23.1%with Democrats
of 117 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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, 1936H.R. 12455No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 20, 1936H.Res. 559No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 20, 1936H.R. 12455No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12455), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Jun 19, 1936H.R. 12395No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 19, 1936S. 4020No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 19, 1936H.R. 3251No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 17, 1936H.R. 11663No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 16, 1936H.R. 11215No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 15, 1936H.R. 11581No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 117 contested votes scored in the 74th 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

1 Congresses
74th · 1935
Republican · House · OR74th–74th
Term datesexact
Members · Oregon
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William Alexander Ekwall

Representative from Oregon
HOUSER1935–19371 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
23.1%with Democrats
of 117 votes · 76.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested23%of 117 · combined

Career arc

10050019351935
1935–36 · 74th · Republican · of 117 votes23.1%

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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 · 117 contested votes scored in the 74th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

74th · 193574th · 1935
Republican74th–74th

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