William Joseph Sears

Representative from Florida

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1915–1937ID S000211

LegislationHEADLINE

92%with Dems

of 660 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

92%with Dems

of 660 · both combined

Steepest move

−10 pts

1921 → 1923

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 ↓1915192119271933

1935–3674th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

91.6%with Democrats

of 95 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1921 → 1923, −10 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

Jun 17, 1936H.R. 11663No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Jun 16, 1936H.R. 11215No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Jun 15, 1936H.R. 11581No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 11581), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.

Where this lands

NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Jun 15, 1936H.R. 11581No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jun 3, 1936H.R. 8455No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Apr 30, 1936S. 1432No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Apr 29, 1936S. 1432No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Apr 29, 1936H.Res. 487No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Apr 29, 1936H.Res. 460No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 95 contested votes scored in the 74th 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

9 Congresses

64th · 191574th · 1935

Democrat · House · FL64th–74th

Term datesexact

William Joseph Sears

Representative from Florida

HOUSED1915–19379 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

91.7%with Democrats

of 660 votes · 8.3% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested92%of 660 · combined

Steepest move−10 pts1921→23, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019151935

1935–36 · 74th · Democrat · of 95 votes91.6%

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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 majorityNay

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 95 contested votes scored in the 74th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

64th · 191574th · 1935

Democrat64th–74th

Party switchers

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