Lawrence Gordon Williams

Representative from Pennsylvania

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1967–1975ID W000525

LegislationHEADLINE

22%with Dems

of 830 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

22%with Dems

of 830 · both combined

Steepest move

+15 pts

1967 → 1969

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 ↓19671973

1973–7493rd Congress

Sat as a Republican

31.6%with Democrats

of 332 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1967 → 1969, +15 pts — within one party label.

Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

9 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with

Dec 20, 1974H.R. 620No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Dec 20, 1974S. 4206No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Dec 20, 1974H.R. 14449No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 14449), 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

Open roll call

Dec 20, 1974H.R. 6668No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 20, 1974H.R. 421No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 20, 1974H.R. 10710No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1494No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1520No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 332 contested votes scored in the 93rd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation

Economics and Public Finance23.6% · 72 votes

Congress32.6% · 43 votes

Energy34.6% · 26 votes

Labor and Employment33.3% · 21 votes

International Affairs50% · 14 votes

District of Columbia8.3% · 12 votes

Transportation and Public Works45.5% · 11 votes

Too few contested votes to score

Government Operations and Politics— · 9 votes

Law— · 9 votes

Armed Forces and National Security— · 8 votes

Mines and mineral resources— · 8 votes

Health— · 7 votes

Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6 votes

Environmental Protection— · 5 votes

Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 5 votes

Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4 votes

Commemorations— · 4 votes

Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes

Crime and Law Enforcement— · 4 votes

Education— · 4 votes

Housing and Community Development— · 4 votes

Coins and coinage— · 3 votes

Vietnamese Conflict— · 3 votes

Agriculture and Food— · 2 votes

Commerce— · 2 votes

Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 2 votes

Public works— · 2 votes

Gold— · 1 vote

Immigration— · 1 vote

Livestock— · 1 vote

Monuments and memorials— · 1 vote

Petroleum industry— · 1 vote

Private Legislation— · 1 vote

Real property— · 1 vote

Right of privacy— · 1 vote

Social Welfare— · 1 vote

Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 25 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Rivers, Science, Technology, Communications, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

4 Congresses

90th · 196793rd · 1973

Republican · House · PA90th–93rd

Term datesexact

Lawrence Gordon Williams

Representative from Pennsylvania

HOUSER1967–19754 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

21.9%with Democrats

of 830 votes · 78.1% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested22%of 830 · combined

Steepest move+15 pts1967→69, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019671973

1973–74 · 93rd · Republican · of 332 votes31.6%

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Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. 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

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Latest 6 shown · 332 contested votes scored in the 93rd

By policy area

career

Economics and Public Finance23.6% · 72

Congress32.6% · 43

Energy34.6% · 26

Labor and Employment33.3% · 21

International Affairs50% · 14

District of Columbia8.3% · 12

Transportation and Public Works45.5% · 11

Government Operations and Politics— · 9

Law— · 9

Armed Forces and National Security— · 8

Mines and mineral resources— · 8

Health— · 7

Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6

Environmental Protection— · 5

Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 5

Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4

Commemorations— · 4

Congressional-executive relations— · 4

Crime and Law Enforcement— · 4

Education— · 4

Housing and Community Development— · 4

Coins and coinage— · 3

Vietnamese Conflict— · 3

Agriculture and Food— · 2

Commerce— · 2

Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 2

Public works— · 2

Gold— · 1

Immigration— · 1

Livestock— · 1

Monuments and memorials— · 1

Petroleum industry— · 1

Private Legislation— · 1

Real property— · 1

Right of privacy— · 1

Social Welfare— · 1

Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 25 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Rivers, Science, Technology, Communications, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Service record

90th · 196793rd · 1973

Republican90th–93rd

Party switchers

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