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William Thomas Murphy
Representative from IllinoisHOUSEDEMOCRAT1959–1971ID M001104
LegislationHEADLINE
96%with Dems
of 798 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
96%with Dems
of 798 · both combined
Steepest move
−8 pts
1967 → 1969
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 ↓19591965
1969–7091st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
88.9%with Democrats
of 117 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1967 → 1969, −8 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
Dec 30, 1970H.R. 18582LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 21, 1970H.J.Res. 1146LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 21, 1970H.R. 14233LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 14233), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Dec 18, 1970H.R. 19504LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1970noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 17, 1970H.R. 17809LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 17, 1970S. 2193LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 16, 1970H.R. 18582LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 16, 1970H.R. 18582LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 117 contested votes scored in the 91st 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
6 Congresses86th · 195991st · 1969
Democrat · House · IL86th–91st
Term datesexact