William Richard Ratchford

Representative from Connecticut

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1979–1985ID R000067

LegislationHEADLINE

93%with Dems

of 1,250 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

93%with Dems

of 1,250 · both combined

Steepest move

+4 pts

1979 → 1981

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 ↓1979

1983–8498th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

95.9%with Democrats

of 463 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1979 → 1981, +4 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 10, 1984H.J.Res. 648No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 10, 1984H.J.Res. 648No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Oct 10, 1984H.R. 6028No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 6028), 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

Open roll call

Oct 9, 1984H.Res. 613No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 9, 1984S. 2574No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 9, 1984H.R. 3398No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 9, 1984S. 2565No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 9, 1984H.R. 999No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 9, 1984H.R. 6163No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 463 contested votes scored in the 98th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation

Economics and Public Finance92.6% · 339 votes

Congress93.7% · 142 votes

International Affairs95% · 101 votes

Government Operations and Politics89.2% · 93 votes

Armed Forces and National Security93.1% · 87 votes

Foreign Trade and International Finance97.9% · 47 votes

Education97.6% · 42 votes

Agriculture and Food71.1% · 38 votes

Science, Technology, Communications89.5% · 38 votes

Energy94.4% · 36 votes

Transportation and Public Works88.6% · 35 votes

Public Lands and Natural Resources100% · 31 votes

Labor and Employment100% · 29 votes

Health96.2% · 26 votes

Taxation92% · 25 votes

Housing and Community Development100% · 22 votes

Environmental Protection100% · 19 votes

Immigration80% · 15 votes

Crime and Law Enforcement83.3% · 12 votes

Law100% · 11 votes

Too few contested votes to score

Commerce— · 9 votes

Social Welfare— · 8 votes

Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 7 votes

Finance and Financial Sector— · 6 votes

Native Americans— · 6 votes

Private Legislation— · 5 votes

Families— · 4 votes

Social Sciences and History— · 4 votes

Water Resources Development— · 4 votes

Arts, Culture, Religion— · 3 votes

Sports and Recreation— · 2 votes

They also voted in 1 area where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Emergency Management.

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

Service record

3 Congresses

96th · 197998th · 1983

Democrat · House · CT96th–98th

Term datesexact

William Richard Ratchford

Representative from Connecticut

HOUSED1979–19853 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

92.9%with Democrats

of 1,250 votes · 7.1% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested93%of 1,250 · combined

Steepest move+4 pts1979→81, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019791983

1983–84 · 98th · Democrat · of 463 votes95.9%

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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 · 463 contested votes scored in the 98th

By policy area

career

Economics and Public Finance92.6% · 339

Congress93.7% · 142

International Affairs95% · 101

Government Operations and Politics89.2% · 93

Armed Forces and National Security93.1% · 87

Foreign Trade and International Finance97.9% · 47

Education97.6% · 42

Agriculture and Food71.1% · 38

Science, Technology, Communications89.5% · 38

Energy94.4% · 36

Transportation and Public Works88.6% · 35

Public Lands and Natural Resources100% · 31

Labor and Employment100% · 29

Health96.2% · 26

Taxation92% · 25

Housing and Community Development100% · 22

Environmental Protection100% · 19

Immigration80% · 15

Crime and Law Enforcement83.3% · 12

Law100% · 11

Commerce— · 9

Social Welfare— · 8

Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 7

Finance and Financial Sector— · 6

Native Americans— · 6

Private Legislation— · 5

Families— · 4

Social Sciences and History— · 4

Water Resources Development— · 4

Arts, Culture, Religion— · 3

Sports and Recreation— · 2

Also voted in 1 area where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Emergency Management.

Service record

96th · 197998th · 1983

Democrat96th–98th

Party switchers

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