William Henry King

Senator from Utah

SENATEDEMOCRAT1897–1941ID K000216

LegislationHEADLINE

70%with Dems

of 1,673 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

70%with Dems

of 1,673 · both combined

Steepest move

−34 pts

1899 → 1917

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 ↓18971903190919151921192719331939

1939–4076th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

51.9%with Democrats

of 135 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1899 → 1917, −34 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

Jan 2, 1941noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Nov 25, 1940H.R. 6324No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 6324), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

YEASided with the Republican majority

Open roll call

Nov 19, 1940S. 1681No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Oct 8, 1940noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Sep 19, 1940H.R. 10413No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Sep 19, 1940H.R. 10413No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 14, 1940H.R. 10413No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 14, 1940S. 4164No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 135 contested votes scored in the 76th 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

14 Congresses

55th · 189765th · 191776th · 1939

Democrat · House · UT55th–56th

Democrat · Senate · UT65th–76th

Term datesexact

William Henry King

Senator from Utah

SENATED1897–194114 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

69.6%with Democrats

of 1,673 votes · 30.4% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested70%of 1,673 · combined

Steepest move−34 pts1899→17, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018971939

1939–40 · 76th · Democrat · of 135 votes51.9%

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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 majorityYea

Counts toward scoreYes

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 135 contested votes scored in the 76th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

55th · 189776th · 1939

Democrat55th–56th

Democrat65th–76th

Party switchers

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