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Seward Henry Williams

Representative from Ohio
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1915–1917ID W000535
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LegislationHEADLINE
6%with Dems
of 72 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
6%with Dems
of 72 · both combined

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 ↓1915
1915–1664th Congress
Sat as a Republican
5.6%with Democrats
of 72 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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, 1917H.J.Res. 392No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1917H.R. 655No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1917S. 706No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 706), 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
Mar 1, 1917H.R. 21052No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1917H.R. 21052No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1917H.R. 19119No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1917S. 1082No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1917S. 1082No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1917H.Res. 540No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 72 contested votes scored in the 64th 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

1 Congresses
64th · 1915
Republican · House · OH64th–64th
Term datesexact
Members · Ohio
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Seward Henry Williams

Representative from Ohio
HOUSER1915–19171 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
5.6%with Democrats
of 72 votes · 94.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested6%of 72 · combined

Career arc

10050019151915
1915–16 · 64th · Republican · of 72 votes5.6%

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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
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 72 contested votes scored in the 64th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

64th · 191564th · 1915
Republican64th–64th

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