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William Leroy La Follette

Representative from Washington
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1911–1919ID L000006
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LegislationHEADLINE
21%with Dems
of 503 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
21%with Dems
of 503 · both combined
Steepest move
−7 pts
1911 → 1913
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 ↓19111917
1917–1865th Congress
Sat as a Republican
25.2%with Democrats
of 107 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1911 → 1913, −7 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 3, 1919H.R. 606No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1919noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1919noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP 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
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Mar 1, 1919noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1919noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1919noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1919noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1919noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1919S. 1419No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 107 contested votes scored in the 65th 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

4 Congresses
62nd · 191165th · 1917
Republican · House · WA62nd–65th
Term datesexact
Members · Washington
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William Leroy La Follette

Representative from Washington
HOUSER1911–19194 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
20.9%with Democrats
of 503 votes · 79.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested21%of 503 · combined
Steepest move−7 pts1911→13, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019111917
1917–18 · 65th · Republican · of 107 votes25.2%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 107 contested votes scored in the 65th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

62nd · 191165th · 1917
Republican62nd–65th

Party switchers

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