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William Croad Lovering

Representative from Massachusetts
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1897–1911ID L000465
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LegislationHEADLINE
7%with Dems
of 461 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
7%with Dems
of 461 · both combined
Steepest move
+18 pts
1907 → 1909
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 ↓189719031909
1909–1061st Congress
Sat as a Republican
23.8%with Democrats
of 21 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1907 → 1909, +18 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
Jan 11, 1910H.R. 15384No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 7, 1910H.J.Res. 103No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 7, 1910H.J.Res. 103No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 103), 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
Dec 10, 1909H.Res. 161No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 21, 1909S.J.Res. 33No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 17, 1909noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Apr 9, 1909H.R. 1438No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Apr 9, 1909H.R. 1438No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Apr 9, 1909H.R. 1438No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 21 contested votes scored in the 61st 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

7 Congresses
55th · 189761st · 1909
Republican · House · MA55th–61st
Term datesexact
Members · Massachusetts
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William Croad Lovering

Representative from Massachusetts
HOUSER1897–19117 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
6.7%with Democrats
of 461 votes · 93.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested7%of 461 · combined
Steepest move+18 pts1907→09, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018971909
1909–10 · 61st · Republican · of 21 votes23.8%

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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 · 21 contested votes scored in the 61st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

55th · 189761st · 1909
Republican55th–61st

Party switchers

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