JW
John Bell Williams
Representative from MississippiHOUSEDEMOCRAT1947–1969ID W000517
LegislationHEADLINE
36%with Dems
of 1,016 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
36%with Dems
of 1,016 · both combined
Steepest move
+51 pts
1951 → 1953
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 ↓1947195319591965
1967–6890th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
7.5%with Democrats
of 40 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1951 → 1953, +51 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
Dec 11, 1967H.J.Res. 888LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 11, 1967H.J.Res. 888LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 11, 1967S. 238LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 238), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Dec 6, 1967H.R. 12144LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 6, 1967H.R. 611LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 4, 1967H.R. 11276LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Nov 29, 1967H.R. 12144LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Nov 28, 1967H.R. 12601LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Nov 17, 1967H.R. 13893LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 40 contested votes scored in the 90th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
11 Congresses80th · 194790th · 1967
Democrat · House · MS80th–90th
Term datesexact