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William Anderson Handley

Representative from Alabama
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1871–1873ID H000155
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LegislationHEADLINE
87%with Dems
of 367 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
87%with Dems
of 367 · 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 ↓1871
1871–7242nd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
86.6%with Democrats
of 367 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
Mar 3, 1873S. 1537No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 2991), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Mar 3, 1873H.R. 3921No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1873H.R. 3921No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1873noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1873S. 693No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1873noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 367 contested votes scored in the 42nd 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
42nd · 1871
Democrat · House · AL42nd–42nd
Term datesexact
Members · Alabama
WH

William Anderson Handley

Representative from Alabama
HOUSED1871–18731 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
86.6%with Democrats
of 367 votes · 13.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested87%of 367 · combined

Career arc

10050018711871
1871–72 · 42nd · Democrat · of 367 votes86.6%

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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 · 367 contested votes scored in the 42nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

42nd · 187142nd · 1871
Democrat42nd–42nd

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