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William Henry Sproul

Representative from Kansas
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1923–1931ID S000759
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LegislationHEADLINE
27%with Dems
of 205 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
27%with Dems
of 205 · both combined
Steepest move
+17 pts
1923 → 1925
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 ↓19231929
1929–3071st Congress
Sat as a Republican
43.9%with Democrats
of 41 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1923 → 1925, +17 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
Mar 3, 1931noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1931S. 6046No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1931H.J.Res. 500No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 500), 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
Feb 26, 1931H.R. 17054No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1931H.R. 16836No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 24, 1931S.J.Res. 3No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 24, 1931H.J.Res. 292No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 23, 1931S. 3060No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 20, 1931S.J.Res. 49No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 41 contested votes scored in the 71st 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

4 Congresses
68th · 192371st · 1929
Republican · House · KS68th–71st
Term datesexact
Members · Kansas
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William Henry Sproul

Representative from Kansas
HOUSER1923–19314 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
27.3%with Democrats
of 205 votes · 72.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested27%of 205 · combined
Steepest move+17 pts1923→25, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019231929
1929–30 · 71st · Republican · of 41 votes43.9%

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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 · 41 contested votes scored in the 71st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

68th · 192371st · 1929
Republican68th–71st

Party switchers

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