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William Waller Rucker

Representative from Missouri
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1899–1923ID R000494
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LegislationHEADLINE
94%with Dems
of 1,183 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
94%with Dems
of 1,183 · both combined
Steepest move
+13 pts
1913 → 1915
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 ↓1899190519111917
1921–2267th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
95.7%with Democrats
of 115 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1913 → 1915, +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
Mar 3, 1923S.J.Res. 168No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1923H.Res. 541No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1923S. 4280No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 4280), 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
Mar 3, 1923S. 425No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1923S.J.Res. 282No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1923S. 4160No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1923S. 4280No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1923H.R. 14435No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 27, 1923H.R. 11939No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 115 contested votes scored in the 67th 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

12 Congresses
56th · 189967th · 1921
Democrat · House · MO56th–67th
Term datesexact
Members · Missouri
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William Waller Rucker

Representative from Missouri
HOUSED1899–192312 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
94.3%with Democrats
of 1,183 votes · 5.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested94%of 1,183 · combined
Steepest move+13 pts1913→15, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018991921
1921–22 · 67th · Democrat · of 115 votes95.7%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 115 contested votes scored in the 67th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

56th · 189967th · 1921
Democrat56th–67th

Party switchers

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