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William Joseph Granfield

Representative from Massachusetts
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1929–1937ID G000372
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LegislationHEADLINE
68%with Dems
of 322 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
68%with Dems
of 322 · both combined
Steepest move
+7 pts
1929 → 1931
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 ↓19291935
1935–3674th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
74.1%with Democrats
of 112 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1929 → 1931, +7 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
Jun 19, 1936H.R. 12395No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 19, 1936S. 4020No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 19, 1936H.R. 3251No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 3251), 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
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
Jun 15, 1936H.R. 11581No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 3, 1936H.R. 8455No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 2, 1936H.R. 11072No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 112 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

4 Congresses
71st · 192974th · 1935
Democrat · House · MA71st–74th
Term datesexact
Members · Massachusetts
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William Joseph Granfield

Representative from Massachusetts
HOUSED1929–19374 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
68.3%with Democrats
of 322 votes · 31.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested68%of 322 · combined
Steepest move+7 pts1929→31, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019291935
1935–36 · 74th · Democrat · of 112 votes74.1%

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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
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 112 contested votes scored in the 74th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

71st · 192974th · 1935
Democrat71st–74th

Party switchers

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