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William Cannon Houston
Representative from TennesseeHOUSEDEMOCRAT1905–1919ID H000829
LegislationHEADLINE
96%with Dems
of 775 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
96%with Dems
of 775 · both combined
Steepest move
+4 pts
1913 → 1915
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 ↓190519111917
1917–1865th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
98.8%with Democrats
of 83 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1913 → 1915, +4 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
Mar 3, 1919H.R. 606LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1919noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1919noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
Mar 1, 1919noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1919noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1919noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1919noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1919H.R. 16187LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1919S. 2812LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 83 contested votes scored in the 65th 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
7 Congresses59th · 190565th · 1917
Democrat · House · TN59th–65th
Term datesexact