William Lee Springer

Representative from Illinois

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1951–1973ID S000756

LegislationHEADLINE

21%with Dems

of 1,246 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

21%with Dems

of 1,246 · both combined

Steepest move

+11 pts

1953 → 1955

still a Republican

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 ↓1951195719631969

1971–7292nd Congress

Sat as a Republican

13.5%with Democrats

of 155 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1953 → 1955, +11 pts — within one party label.

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 18, 1972H.Con.Res. 726No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 18, 1972S. 2770No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Oct 17, 1972H.R. 16810No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP 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

YEASided with the Republican majority

Open roll call

Oct 17, 1972H.R. 1No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 14, 1972S. 4062No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 14, 1972H.Res. 1147No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 14, 1972H.R. 12006No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 13, 1972H.R. 7287No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Oct 13, 1972S. 1478No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 155 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

11 Congresses

82nd · 195192nd · 1971

Republican · House · IL82nd–92nd

Term datesexact

William Lee Springer

Representative from Illinois

HOUSER1951–197311 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

21.3%with Democrats

of 1,246 votes · 78.7% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested21%of 1,246 · combined

Steepest move+11 pts1953→55, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019511971

1971–72 · 92nd · Republican · of 155 votes13.5%

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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 · 155 contested votes scored in the 92nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

82nd · 195192nd · 1971

Republican82nd–92nd

Party switchers

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