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William Smith O'Brien
Representative from West VirginiaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1927–1929ID O000018
LegislationHEADLINE
65%with Dems
of 34 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
65%with Dems
of 34 · both combined
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 ↓1927
1927–2870th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
64.7%with Democrats
of 34 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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
Mar 3, 1929H.J.Res. 402LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1929S.J.Res. 132LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1929S. 2901LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2901), 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
Feb 25, 1929H.R. 17223LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 19, 1929H.R. 15089LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 18, 1929S. 1462LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 15, 1929H.R. 16926LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 8, 1929H.R. 16714LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 4, 1929S. 1347LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 34 contested votes scored in the 70th 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
1 Congresses70th · 1927
Democrat · House · WV70th–70th
Term datesexact