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Willard Saulsbury Jr.

Senator from Delaware
SENATEDEMOCRAT1913–1919ID S000073
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LegislationHEADLINE
90%with Dems
of 538 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
90%with Dems
of 538 · both combined
Steepest move
−14 pts
1915 → 1917
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 ↓1913
1917–1865th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
77.1%with Democrats
of 109 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1915 → 1917, −14 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, 1919H.J.Res. 436No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1919H.J.Res. 436No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1919H.R. 16136No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 16136), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Feb 27, 1919H.R. 15796No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1919H.R. 15796No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 22, 1919S. 2812No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 18, 1919H.R. 13462No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 18, 1919H.R. 13462No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 18, 1919H.R. 13462No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 109 contested votes scored in the 65th 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

3 Congresses
63rd · 191365th · 1917
Democrat · Senate · DE63rd–65th
Term datesexact
Members · Delaware
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Willard Saulsbury Jr.

Senator from Delaware
SENATED1913–19193 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
90.3%with Democrats
of 538 votes · 9.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested90%of 538 · combined
Steepest move−14 pts1915→17, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019131917
1917–18 · 65th · Democrat · of 109 votes77.1%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 109 contested votes scored in the 65th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

63rd · 191365th · 1917
Democrat63rd–65th

Party switchers

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