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William Chester Lankford
Representative from GeorgiaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1919–1933ID L000082
LegislationHEADLINE
88%with Dems
of 662 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
88%with Dems
of 662 · both combined
Steepest move
−12 pts
1929 → 1931
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 ↓191919251931
1931–3272nd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
79.4%with Democrats
of 68 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1929 → 1931, −12 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 1, 1933S. 5612LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1933S. 5122LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1933H.R. 397LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 397), 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
Feb 27, 1933S. 5469LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 25, 1933H.R. 14363LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 25, 1933H.R. 14395LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1933H.R. 14395LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 24, 1933H.R. 387LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 22, 1933H.R. 14724LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 68 contested votes scored in the 72nd 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 Congresses66th · 191972nd · 1931
Democrat · House · GA66th–72nd
Term datesexact