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William Oswald Mills
Representative from MarylandHOUSEREPUBLICAN1971–1975ID M000779
LegislationHEADLINE
12%with Dems
of 219 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
12%with Dems
of 219 · both combined
Steepest move
+6 pts
1971 → 1973
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 ↓1971
1973–7493rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
17.4%with Democrats
of 46 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1971 → 1973, +6 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
May 23, 1973H.R. 7528LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 23, 1973H.R. 7528LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
May 23, 1973S. 518LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 518), 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
May 22, 1973H.R. 7200LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 22, 1973H.R. 7200LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
May 22, 1973H.R. 6717LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 21, 1973H.R. 6630LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 16, 1973H.R. 5777LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 15, 1973H.R. 6768LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 46 contested votes scored in the 93rd CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislation20% · 15 votes
15.4% · 13 votes
Too few contested votes to score
— · 4 votes
— · 3 votes
— · 2 votes
— · 1 vote
— · 1 vote
— · 1 vote
— · 1 vote
— · 1 vote
— · 1 vote
They also voted in 13 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Armed Forces and National Security, Commerce, Crime and Law Enforcement, Economic stabilization, Education, Emergency Management, Housing and Community Development, Law, Private Legislation, Science, Technology, Communications, Taxation, Volunteer workers.
Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.
Service record
2 Congresses92nd · 197193rd · 1973
Republican · House · MD92nd–93rd
Term datesexact