Clarence Wayland Watson

Senator from West Virginia

SENATEDEMOCRAT1909–1913ID W000198

LegislationHEADLINE

95%with Dems

of 152 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

95%with Dems

of 152 · both combined

Steepest move

−1 pts

1909 → 1911

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 ↓1909

1911–1262nd Congress

Sat as a Democrat

95.3%with Democrats

of 128 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1909 → 1911, −1 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

Mar 3, 1913S. 5382No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1913noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1913H.R. 23673No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 23673), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

YEASided with the Democratic majority

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Feb 25, 1913H.R. 26874No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 24, 1913H.R. 28180No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Feb 10, 1913H.R. 17593No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 4, 1913noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 128 contested votes scored in the 62nd 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

2 Congresses

61st · 190962nd · 1911

Democrat · Senate · WV61st–62nd

Term datesyears only to 1909 · exact from 1911

Clarence Wayland Watson

Senator from West Virginia

SENATED1909–19132 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

95.4%with Democrats

of 152 votes · 4.6% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested95%of 152 · combined

Steepest move−1 pts1909→11, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019091911

1911–12 · 62nd · Democrat · of 128 votes95.3%

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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 majorityYea

Republican majorityNay

Counts toward scoreYes

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Latest 6 shown · 128 contested votes scored in the 62nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

61st · 190962nd · 1911

Democrat61st–62nd

Party switchers

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