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Ben Mitchell Williamson
Senator from KentuckySENATEDEMOCRAT1929–1931ID W000550
LegislationHEADLINE
81%with Dems
of 27 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
81%with Dems
of 27 · 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 ↓1929
1929–3071st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
81.5%with Democrats
of 27 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, 1931S.J.Res. 49LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1931S. 255LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1931noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
Mar 2, 1931noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1931H.J.Res. 500LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1931noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1931H.J.Res. 500LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1931H.J.Res. 500LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1931noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 27 contested votes scored in the 71st 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
1 Congresses71st · 1929
Democrat · Senate · KY71st–71st
Term datesexact