William Kent

Representative from California

HOUSEREPUBLICAN→INDEPENDENT1911–1917ID K000127

LegislationHEADLINE

43%with Dems

of 230 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

43%with Dems

of 230 · both combined

Steepest move

+5 pts

1913 → 1915

still an Independent

Changed parties

63rd

R → I · first Congress under it

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 ↓1911R→I · 63rd

1915–1664th Congress

Sat as an Independent

48.9%with Democrats

of 47 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1913 → 1915, +5 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, 1917S. 706No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1917H.R. 21052No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1917H.R. 21052No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 21052), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.

Where this lands

YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Mar 1, 1917H.R. 19119No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 28, 1917S. 1082No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 28, 1917S. 1082No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 28, 1917H.Res. 540No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 28, 1917noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 47 contested votes scored in the 64th 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

3 Congresses

62nd · 191163rd · 191364th · 1915

Republican · House · CA62nd–62nd

Independent · House · CA63rd–64th

Term datesexact

William Kent

Representative from California

HOUSER→I1911–19173 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

43.5%with Democrats

of 230 votes · 56.5% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested43%of 230 · combined

Steepest move+5 pts1913→15, as an Independent

Changed parties63rdR→I

Career arc

100500R→I19111915

1915–16 · 64th · Independent · of 47 votes48.9%

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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 · 47 contested votes scored in the 64th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

62nd · 191164th · 1915

Republican62nd–62nd

Independent63rd–64th

Other party switchers

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