William Somers Mailliard

Representative from California

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1953–1975ID M000070

LegislationHEADLINE

39%with Dems

of 1,286 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

39%with Dems

of 1,286 · both combined

Steepest move

+19 pts

1953 → 1955

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 ↓1953195919651971

1973–7493rd Congress

Sat as a Republican

40.6%with Democrats

of 197 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1953 → 1955, +19 pts — within one party label.

Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

9 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with

Feb 27, 1974S. 2589No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Feb 27, 1974S. 2589No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 27, 1974S. 2589No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2589), 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

Feb 27, 1974H.Res. 901No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Feb 26, 1974H.Res. 896No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 19, 1974H.R. 10203No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 19, 1974H.R. 10834No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 19, 1974H.R. 12628No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 197 contested votes scored in the 93rd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation

Economics and Public Finance18.8% · 48 votes

Congress25.9% · 27 votes

Labor and Employment60% · 20 votes

Energy44.4% · 18 votes

International Affairs90.9% · 11 votes

Too few contested votes to score

Transportation and Public Works— · 7 votes

Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6 votes

Law— · 6 votes

Armed Forces and National Security— · 5 votes

Environmental Protection— · 5 votes

Government Operations and Politics— · 5 votes

Commemorations— · 4 votes

Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes

Health— · 4 votes

District of Columbia— · 3 votes

Agriculture and Food— · 2 votes

Education— · 2 votes

Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 2 votes

Arts, Culture, Religion— · 1 vote

Crime and Law Enforcement— · 1 vote

Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 1 vote

Gold— · 1 vote

Housing and Community Development— · 1 vote

Immigration— · 1 vote

Public works— · 1 vote

Social Welfare— · 1 vote

Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 21 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Coins and coinage, Commerce, Credit, Disabled, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Impeachments, Minorities, Narcotics, Private Legislation, Recreation areas, Science, Technology, Communications, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

11 Congresses

83rd · 195393rd · 1973

Republican · House · CA83rd–93rd

Term datesexact

William Somers Mailliard

Representative from California

HOUSER1953–197511 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

38.6%with Democrats

of 1,286 votes · 61.4% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested39%of 1,286 · combined

Steepest move+19 pts1953→55, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019531973

1973–74 · 93rd · Republican · of 197 votes40.6%

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Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. 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 · 197 contested votes scored in the 93rd

By policy area

career

Economics and Public Finance18.8% · 48

Congress25.9% · 27

Labor and Employment60% · 20

Energy44.4% · 18

International Affairs90.9% · 11

Transportation and Public Works— · 7

Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6

Law— · 6

Armed Forces and National Security— · 5

Environmental Protection— · 5

Government Operations and Politics— · 5

Commemorations— · 4

Congressional-executive relations— · 4

Health— · 4

District of Columbia— · 3

Agriculture and Food— · 2

Education— · 2

Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 2

Arts, Culture, Religion— · 1

Crime and Law Enforcement— · 1

Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 1

Gold— · 1

Housing and Community Development— · 1

Immigration— · 1

Public works— · 1

Social Welfare— · 1

Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 21 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Coins and coinage, Commerce, Credit, Disabled, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Impeachments, Minorities, Narcotics, Private Legislation, Recreation areas, Science, Technology, Communications, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers.

Service record

83rd · 195393rd · 1973

Republican83rd–93rd

Party switchers

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