William Belser Spong Jr.

Senator from Virginia

SENATEDEMOCRAT1967–1973ID S000739

LegislationHEADLINE

61%with Dems

of 771 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

61%with Dems

of 771 · both combined

Steepest move

+4 pts

1967 → 1969

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 ↓1967

1971–7292nd Congress

Sat as a Democrat

61.3%with Democrats

of 344 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1967 → 1969, +4 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

Oct 14, 1972H.R. 16810No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 13, 1972H.R. 16810No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 13, 1972H.R. 16810No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 16810), 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

Open roll call

Oct 13, 1972H.R. 16810No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 13, 1972H.R. 16810No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 13, 1972H.R. 16810No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 13, 1972H.R. 14370No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 13, 1972S. 3342No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 344 contested votes scored in the 92nd 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

90th · 196792nd · 1971

Democrat · Senate · VA90th–92nd

Term datesexact

William Belser Spong Jr.

Senator from Virginia

SENATED1967–19733 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

61%with Democrats

of 771 votes · 39% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested61%of 771 · combined

Steepest move+4 pts1967→69, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019671971

1971–72 · 92nd · Democrat · of 344 votes61.3%

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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 · 344 contested votes scored in the 92nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

90th · 196792nd · 1971

Democrat90th–92nd

Party switchers

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