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William Flynt Nichols

Representative from Alabama
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1967–1989ID N000095
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LegislationHEADLINE
42%with Dems
of 3,954 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
42%with Dems
of 3,954 · both combined
Steepest move
+11 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 ↓1967197319791985
1987–88100th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
61.9%with Democrats
of 459 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1967 → 1969, +11 pts — while still a Democrat.
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
Oct 21, 1988H.R. 5210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 21, 1988H.R. 5560No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 21, 1988H.R. 4333No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 4333), 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
Oct 21, 1988S. 2204No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 21, 1988H.R. 5552No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 21, 1988S. 2100No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 21, 1988H.R. 5043No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 21, 1988H.R. 5264No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 21, 1988H.R. 3048No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 459 contested votes scored in the 100th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance42% · 800 votes
Congress64.8% · 341 votes
Armed Forces and National Security32.2% · 283 votes
International Affairs21.3% · 268 votes
Government Operations and Politics51.2% · 248 votes
Energy42.7% · 143 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance45.8% · 118 votes
Labor and Employment39% · 100 votes
Agriculture and Food54.3% · 92 votes
Transportation and Public Works42.4% · 92 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources58.9% · 73 votes
Housing and Community Development55.7% · 70 votes
Taxation52.9% · 68 votes
Education38.8% · 67 votes
Environmental Protection22.6% · 53 votes
Science, Technology, Communications64.2% · 53 votes
Law22.9% · 48 votes
Health37.8% · 45 votes
Social Welfare54.5% · 44 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement41.5% · 41 votes
Commerce18.9% · 37 votes
Immigration24% · 25 votes
Finance and Financial Sector50% · 24 votes
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues45% · 20 votes
Native Americans50% · 16 votes
District of Columbia20% · 15 votes
Industrial relations21.4% · 14 votes
Water Resources Development58.3% · 12 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion50% · 10 votes
Commemorations50% · 10 votes
Mines and mineral resources40% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9 votes
Lobbying— · 9 votes
Private Legislation— · 9 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Electronic surveillance— · 6 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 6 votes
Black lung— · 5 votes
Home repair and improvement— · 5 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 4 votes
Families— · 4 votes
Government securities— · 4 votes
Income tax— · 4 votes
Municipal finance— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Public works— · 4 votes
Social Sciences and History— · 4 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
Financial disclosure— · 3 votes
Indian claims— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Contested elections— · 2 votes
Cultural centers— · 2 votes
Embargo— · 2 votes
Emergency Management— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Museums— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Sports and Recreation— · 2 votes
Territories (U.S.)— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Aquaculture— · 1 vote
Barber and beauty shops— · 1 vote
Chemicals— · 1 vote
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Domestic relations— · 1 vote
Droughts— · 1 vote
Earthquakes— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Impeachments— · 1 vote
Import restrictions— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Political representation— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Rehabilitation— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote

They also voted in 70 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Refugees, Right of privacy, Rural conditions, Salaries, Solar energy, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

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

Service record

11 Congresses
90th · 1967100th · 1987
Democrat · House · AL90th–100th
Term datesexact
Members · Alabama
WN

William Flynt Nichols

Representative from Alabama
HOUSED1967–198911 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
42.1%with Democrats
of 3,954 votes · 57.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested42%of 3,954 · combined
Steepest move+11 pts1967→69, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019671987
1987–88 · 100th · Democrat · of 459 votes61.9%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 459 contested votes scored in the 100th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance42% · 800
Congress64.8% · 341
Armed Forces and National Security32.2% · 283
International Affairs21.3% · 268
Government Operations and Politics51.2% · 248
Energy42.7% · 143
Foreign Trade and International Finance45.8% · 118
Labor and Employment39% · 100
Agriculture and Food54.3% · 92
Transportation and Public Works42.4% · 92
Public Lands and Natural Resources58.9% · 73
Housing and Community Development55.7% · 70
Taxation52.9% · 68
Education38.8% · 67
Environmental Protection22.6% · 53
Science, Technology, Communications64.2% · 53
Law22.9% · 48
Health37.8% · 45
Social Welfare54.5% · 44
Crime and Law Enforcement41.5% · 41
Commerce18.9% · 37
Immigration24% · 25
Finance and Financial Sector50% · 24
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues45% · 20
Native Americans50% · 16
District of Columbia20% · 15
Industrial relations21.4% · 14
Water Resources Development58.3% · 12
Arts, Culture, Religion50% · 10
Commemorations50% · 10
Mines and mineral resources40% · 10
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9
Lobbying— · 9
Private Legislation— · 9
Depletion allowances— · 7
Electronic surveillance— · 6
Mortgages— · 6
Vietnamese Conflict— · 6
Black lung— · 5
Home repair and improvement— · 5
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Constitutional amendments— · 4
Families— · 4
Government securities— · 4
Income tax— · 4
Municipal finance— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Public works— · 4
Social Sciences and History— · 4
Coins and coinage— · 3
Credit— · 3
Financial disclosure— · 3
Indian claims— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Conferences— · 2
Contested elections— · 2
Cultural centers— · 2
Embargo— · 2
Emergency Management— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Museums— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Real property— · 2
Sports and Recreation— · 2
Territories (U.S.)— · 2
Youth— · 2
Aquaculture— · 1
Barber and beauty shops— · 1
Chemicals— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Domestic relations— · 1
Droughts— · 1
Earthquakes— · 1
Gold— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Impeachments— · 1
Import restrictions— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Noise— · 1
Political representation— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Rehabilitation— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1

Also voted in 70 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Refugees, Right of privacy, Rural conditions, Salaries, Solar energy, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

90th · 1967100th · 1987
Democrat90th–100th

Party switchers

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