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William Bacon Oliver

Representative from Alabama
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1915–1937ID O000077
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LegislationHEADLINE
92%with Dems
of 936 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
92%with Dems
of 936 · both combined
Steepest move
+13 pts
1931 → 1933
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 ↓1915192119271933
1935–3674th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
87.2%with Democrats
of 39 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1931 → 1933, +13 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
Jun 20, 1936H.R. 12455No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 20, 1936H.Res. 559No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 20, 1936H.R. 12455No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12455), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Jun 19, 1936H.R. 12395No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 17, 1936H.R. 11663No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 3, 1936H.R. 8455No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 13, 1936H.R. 2066No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
May 11, 1936H.Res. 123No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
May 11, 1936H.R. 12624No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 39 contested votes scored in the 74th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.

Service record

11 Congresses
64th · 191574th · 1935
Democrat · House · AL64th–74th
Term datesexact
Members · Alabama
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William Bacon Oliver

Representative from Alabama
HOUSED1915–193711 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
92.1%with Democrats
of 936 votes · 7.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested92%of 936 · combined
Steepest move+13 pts1931→33, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019151935
1935–36 · 74th · Democrat · of 39 votes87.2%

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Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.
Democratic majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 39 contested votes scored in the 74th

By policy area

career

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls.

Service record

64th · 191574th · 1935
Democrat64th–74th

Party switchers

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