William Shields Goodwin

Representative from Arkansas

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1911–1921ID G000304

LegislationHEADLINE

93%with Dems

of 534 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

93%with Dems

of 534 · both combined

Steepest move

−6 pts

1915 → 1917

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 ↓19111917

1919–2066th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

91.1%with Democrats

of 90 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1915 → 1917, −6 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

Feb 25, 1921H.R. 15422No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 7, 1921H.R. 15836No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jan 13, 1921H.R. 15543No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 15543), 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

Open roll call

Jan 10, 1921S.J.Res. 237No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Jan 7, 1921H.R. 15422No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jan 4, 1921S.J.Res. 212No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 22, 1920H.R. 15275No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Dec 21, 1920H.R. 15275No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Dec 18, 1920S.J.Res. 212No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 90 contested votes scored in the 66th 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

62nd · 191166th · 1919

Democrat · House · AR62nd–66th

Term datesexact

William Shields Goodwin

Representative from Arkansas

HOUSED1911–19215 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

92.7%with Democrats

of 534 votes · 7.3% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested93%of 534 · combined

Steepest move−6 pts1915→17, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019111919

1919–20 · 66th · Democrat · of 90 votes91.1%

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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 majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 90 contested votes scored in the 66th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

62nd · 191166th · 1919

Democrat62nd–66th

Party switchers

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