William Lorimer

Senator from Illinois

SENATEREPUBLICAN1895–1913ID L000444

LegislationHEADLINE

8%with Dems

of 348 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

8%with Dems

of 348 · both combined

Steepest move

+13 pts

1909 → 1911

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 ↓189519011907

1911–1262nd Congress

Sat as a Republican

16.2%with Democrats

of 37 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1909 → 1911, +13 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

Jul 5, 1912H.R. 20182No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Jul 3, 1912H.R. 20182No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Jul 3, 1912H.R. 20182No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 20182), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Jul 2, 1912H.R. 20182No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jun 12, 1912H.R. 18956No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Jun 11, 1912H.R. 24023No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Jun 10, 1912H.R. 18956No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 29, 1912H.R. 1No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 37 contested votes scored in the 62nd 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

8 Congresses

54th · 189562nd · 1911

Republican · House · IL54th–61st

Republican · Senate · IL62nd–62nd

Term datesexact

William Lorimer

Senator from Illinois

SENATER1895–19138 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

8.3%with Democrats

of 348 votes · 91.7% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested8%of 348 · combined

Steepest move+13 pts1909→11, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018951911

1911–12 · 62nd · Republican · of 37 votes16.2%

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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 majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 37 contested votes scored in the 62nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

54th · 189562nd · 1911

Republican54th–61st

Republican62nd–62nd

Party switchers

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