Frank Bartlett Willis

Senator from Ohio

SENATEREPUBLICAN1911–1929ID W000561

LegislationHEADLINE

13%with Dems

of 928 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

13%with Dems

of 928 · both combined

Steepest move

+27 pts

1925 → 1927

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 ↓191119171923

1927–2870th Congress

Sat as a Republican

38.5%with Democrats

of 26 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1925 → 1927, +27 pts — within one party label.

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 2, 1929noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 28, 1928S. 7340No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 26, 1928H.J.Res. 131No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 131), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

YEASided with the Republican majority

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Mar 13, 1928S.J.Res. 46No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 13, 1928S.J.Res. 46No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 12, 1928S.J.Res. 46No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 12, 1928S.J.Res. 46No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 26 contested votes scored in the 70th 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

7 Congresses

62nd · 191166th · 191970th · 1927

Republican · House · OH62nd–63rd

Republican · Senate · OH66th–70th

Term datesyears only to 1919 · exact from 1911

Frank Bartlett Willis

Senator from Ohio

SENATER1911–19297 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

12.5%with Democrats

of 928 votes · 87.5% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested13%of 928 · combined

Steepest move+27 pts1925→27, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019111927

1927–28 · 70th · Republican · of 26 votes38.5%

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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

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Latest 6 shown · 26 contested votes scored in the 70th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

62nd · 191170th · 1927

Republican62nd–63rd

Republican66th–70th

Party switchers

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