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William Perry Holaday

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1923–1933ID H000708
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LegislationHEADLINE
31%with Dems
of 272 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
31%with Dems
of 272 · both combined
Steepest move
+31 pts
1929 → 1931
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 ↓19231929
1931–3272nd Congress
Sat as a Republican
42.6%with Democrats
of 68 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1929 → 1931, +31 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
Feb 28, 1933S. 5122No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1933H.R. 397No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1933H.R. 14363No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 14363), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
Feb 25, 1933H.R. 14395No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1933H.R. 387No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 22, 1933H.R. 14724No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 21, 1933H.R. 13520No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 21, 1933H.R. 13520No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 20, 1933S.J.Res. 211No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 68 contested votes scored in the 72nd 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
68th · 192372nd · 1931
Republican · House · IL68th–72nd
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
WH

William Perry Holaday

Representative from Illinois
HOUSER1923–19335 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
31.3%with Democrats
of 272 votes · 68.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested31%of 272 · combined
Steepest move+31 pts1929→31, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019231931
1931–32 · 72nd · Republican · of 68 votes42.6%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 68 contested votes scored in the 72nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

68th · 192372nd · 1931
Republican68th–72nd

Party switchers

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