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William Joseph Randall

Representative from Missouri
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1959–1977ID R000041
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LegislationHEADLINE
59%with Dems
of 1,838 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
59%with Dems
of 1,838 · both combined
Steepest move
−22 pts
1963 → 1965
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 ↓195919651971
1975–7694th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
51.6%with Democrats
of 481 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1963 → 1965, −22 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 1, 1976H.R. 11337No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 1, 1976S. 3131No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 1, 1976H.R. 10210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10210), 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 1, 1976S. 2278No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 1, 1976S. 2278No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 1, 1976H.Res. 1591No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 1, 1976H.R. 12572No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 30, 1976S. 3521No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 30, 1976S. 2212No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 481 contested votes scored in the 94th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance51.7% · 149 votes
Congress68.5% · 92 votes
Energy55.1% · 78 votes
Government Operations and Politics57.1% · 56 votes
International Affairs11.8% · 34 votes
Armed Forces and National Security44.4% · 27 votes
Agriculture and Food76.9% · 26 votes
Labor and Employment48% · 25 votes
Transportation and Public Works65.2% · 23 votes
Taxation52.4% · 21 votes
Law29.4% · 17 votes
Commerce46.7% · 15 votes
District of Columbia33.3% · 15 votes
Mines and mineral resources35.7% · 14 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement38.5% · 13 votes
Education50% · 12 votes
Environmental Protection50% · 10 votes
Health60% · 10 votes
Housing and Community Development80% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Lobbying— · 9 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 7 votes
Finance and Financial Sector— · 6 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 5 votes
Social Welfare— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Private Legislation— · 4 votes
Public works— · 4 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 2 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Emergency Management— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Industrial relations— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Refugees— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote
Territories (U.S.)— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 42 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Chemicals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Gold, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Native Americans, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

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

Service record

9 Congresses
86th · 195994th · 1975
Democrat · House · MO86th–94th
Term datesexact
Members · Missouri
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William Joseph Randall

Representative from Missouri
HOUSED1959–19779 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
59.1%with Democrats
of 1,838 votes · 40.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested59%of 1,838 · combined
Steepest move−22 pts1963→65, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019591975
1975–76 · 94th · Democrat · of 481 votes51.6%

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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 · 481 contested votes scored in the 94th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance51.7% · 149
Congress68.5% · 92
Energy55.1% · 78
Government Operations and Politics57.1% · 56
International Affairs11.8% · 34
Armed Forces and National Security44.4% · 27
Agriculture and Food76.9% · 26
Labor and Employment48% · 25
Transportation and Public Works65.2% · 23
Taxation52.4% · 21
Law29.4% · 17
Commerce46.7% · 15
District of Columbia33.3% · 15
Mines and mineral resources35.7% · 14
Crime and Law Enforcement38.5% · 13
Education50% · 12
Environmental Protection50% · 10
Health60% · 10
Housing and Community Development80% · 10
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Lobbying— · 9
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8
Depletion allowances— · 7
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 7
Finance and Financial Sector— · 6
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6
Mortgages— · 6
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 5
Social Welfare— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Private Legislation— · 4
Public works— · 4
Coins and coinage— · 3
Credit— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Conferences— · 2
Congressional-executive relations— · 2
Constitutional amendments— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Real property— · 2
Youth— · 2
Congressional oversight— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Emergency Management— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Industrial relations— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Noise— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1
Territories (U.S.)— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 42 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Chemicals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Gold, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Native Americans, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

86th · 195994th · 1975
Democrat86th–94th

Party switchers

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