John Sharp Williams

Senator from Mississippi

SENATEDEMOCRAT1893–1923ID W000521

LegislationHEADLINE

86%with Dems

of 2,128 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

86%with Dems

of 2,128 · both combined

Steepest move

+15 pts

1917 → 1919

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 ↓18931899190519111917

1921–2267th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

73.8%with Democrats

of 206 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1917 → 1919, +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, 1923H.R. 8086No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 28, 1923H.R. 12817No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 27, 1923noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

NAYSided with the Democratic majority

Open roll call

Feb 26, 1923S. 2792No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 24, 1923H.R. 12817No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Feb 24, 1923H.R. 12817No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 19, 1923H.R. 12817No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 17, 1923H.R. 5020No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 206 contested votes scored in the 67th 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

14 Congresses

53rd · 189362nd · 191167th · 1921

Democrat · House · MS53rd–60th

Democrat · Senate · MS62nd–67th

Term datesexact

John Sharp Williams

Senator from Mississippi

SENATED1893–192314 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

86.5%with Democrats

of 2,128 votes · 13.5% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested86%of 2,128 · combined

Steepest move+15 pts1917→19, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018931921

1921–22 · 67th · Democrat · of 206 votes73.8%

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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 majorityNay

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreYes

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 206 contested votes scored in the 67th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

53rd · 189367th · 1921

Democrat53rd–60th

Democrat62nd–67th

Party switchers

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