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William Peters Hepburn

Representative from Iowa
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1881–1909ID H000523
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LegislationHEADLINE
8%with Dems
of 1,237 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
8%with Dems
of 1,237 · both combined
Steepest move
−8 pts
1897 → 1899
still a Republican

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 ↓18811887189318991905
1907–0860th Congress
Sat as a Republican
11.3%with Democrats
of 71 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1897 → 1899, −8 pts — within one party label.
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 2, 1909S. 28No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1909H.Res. 607No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1909S. 4825No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 4825), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Feb 27, 1909S. 5729No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 26, 1909H.R. 28245No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 26, 1909H.Res. 597No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1909H.R. 23464No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1909H.R. 23464No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1909H.R. 23464No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 71 contested votes scored in the 60th 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

11 Congresses
47th · 188160th · 1907
Republican · House · IA47th–60th
Term datesexact
Members · Iowa
WH

William Peters Hepburn

Representative from Iowa
HOUSER1881–190911 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
8.1%with Democrats
of 1,237 votes · 91.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested8%of 1,237 · combined
Steepest move−8 pts1897→99, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018811907
1907–08 · 60th · Republican · of 71 votes11.3%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 71 contested votes scored in the 60th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

47th · 188160th · 1907
Republican47th–60th

Party switchers

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