WJ
William Francis James
Representative from MichiganHOUSEREPUBLICAN1915–1935ID J000053
LegislationHEADLINE
36%with Dems
of 721 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
36%with Dems
of 721 · both combined
Steepest move
−26 pts
1923 → 1925
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 ↓1915192119271933
1933–3473rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
25.6%with Democrats
of 86 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1923 → 1925, −26 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 16, 1934S.J.Res. 131LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 15, 1934H.R. 441LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 15, 1934H.R. 404LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 404), 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 15, 1934S. 3645LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 14, 1934S. 3530LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 14, 1934H.R. 400LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 7, 1934H.R. 9391LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 7, 1934H.R. 392LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 4, 1934H.R. 6663LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 86 contested votes scored in the 73rd 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
10 Congresses64th · 191573rd · 1933
Republican · House · MI64th–73rd
Term datesexact