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William Lincoln Higgins
Representative from ConnecticutHOUSEREPUBLICAN1933–1937ID H000580
LegislationHEADLINE
5%with Dems
of 186 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
5%with Dems
of 186 · both combined
Steepest move
−3 pts
1933 → 1935
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 ↓1933
1935–3674th Congress
Sat as a Republican
3.3%with Democrats
of 91 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1933 → 1935, −3 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
Jun 20, 1936H.R. 12455LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 20, 1936H.Res. 559LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 20, 1936H.R. 12455LEGISLATIONNAYREP 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. 12395LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 2, 1936H.R. 11687LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
May 22, 1936S. 3531LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
May 19, 1936H.R. 11214LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 19, 1936H.R. 11214LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
May 19, 1936H.R. 11214LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 91 contested votes scored in the 74th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
2 Congresses73rd · 193374th · 1935
Republican · House · CT73rd–74th
Term datesexact