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William Francis Stevenson

Representative from South Carolina
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1917–1933ID S000895
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LegislationHEADLINE
93%with Dems
of 652 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
93%with Dems
of 652 · both combined
Steepest move
−15 pts
1929 → 1931
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 ↓191719231929
1931–3272nd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
84.8%with Democrats
of 66 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1929 → 1931, −15 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
Feb 28, 1933S. 5122No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1933H.R. 397No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1933S. 5469No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 5469), 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 25, 1933H.R. 14363No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 25, 1933H.R. 14395No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1933H.R. 14395No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 24, 1933H.R. 387No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 22, 1933H.R. 14724No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 21, 1933H.R. 13520No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 66 contested votes scored in the 72nd 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

8 Congresses
65th · 191772nd · 1931
Democrat · House · SC65th–72nd
Term datesexact
Members · South Carolina
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William Francis Stevenson

Representative from South Carolina
HOUSED1917–19338 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
92.6%with Democrats
of 652 votes · 7.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested93%of 652 · combined
Steepest move−15 pts1929→31, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019171931
1931–32 · 72nd · Democrat · of 66 votes84.8%

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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 · 66 contested votes scored in the 72nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

65th · 191772nd · 1931
Democrat65th–72nd

Party switchers

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