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William Richardson

Representative from Alabama
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1899–1915ID R000227
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LegislationHEADLINE
92%with Dems
of 622 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
92%with Dems
of 622 · both combined
Steepest move
+9 pts
1911 → 1913
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 ↓189919051911
1913–1463rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
100%with Democrats
of 6 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1911 → 1913, +9 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
May 10, 1913H.R. 32No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
May 9, 1913noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 8, 1913H.R. 3321No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 3321), 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
May 8, 1913H.R. 3321No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 8, 1913H.R. 3321No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 21, 1913H.R. 3321No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 7, 1913H.Res. 41No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 7, 1913noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
8 most recent roll calls shown · 6 contested votes scored in the 63rd 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

8 Congresses
56th · 189963rd · 1913
Democrat · House · AL56th–63rd
Term datesexact
Members · Alabama
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William Richardson

Representative from Alabama
HOUSED1899–19158 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
92.1%with Democrats
of 622 votes · 7.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested92%of 622 · combined
Steepest move+9 pts1911→13, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018991913
1913–14 · 63rd · Democrat · of 6 votes100%

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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 · 6 contested votes scored in the 63rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

56th · 189963rd · 1913
Democrat56th–63rd

Party switchers

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