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William A. Rowan
Representative from IllinoisHOUSEDEMOCRAT1943–1947ID R000473
LegislationHEADLINE
92%with Dems
of 177 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
92%with Dems
of 177 · both combined
Steepest move
+6 pts
1943 → 1945
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 ↓1943
1945–4679th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
94.5%with Democrats
of 110 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1943 → 1945, +6 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
Aug 2, 1946H.J.Res. 225LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 31, 1946S. 1253LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 31, 1946S. 1253LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 1253), 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
Jul 31, 1946S. 1253LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 30, 1946S. 191LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 30, 1946H.J.Res. 390LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 29, 1946noneLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 29, 1946noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 29, 1946noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 110 contested votes scored in the 79th 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
2 Congresses78th · 194379th · 1945
Democrat · House · IL78th–79th
Term datesexact