JW
John Downey Works
Senator from CaliforniaSENATEREPUBLICAN1911–1917ID W000743
LegislationHEADLINE
24%with Dems
of 546 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
24%with Dems
of 546 · both combined
Steepest move
−27 pts
1911 → 1913
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 ↓1911
1915–1664th Congress
Sat as a Republican
20.1%with Democrats
of 149 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1911 → 1913, −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
Mar 3, 1917H.R. 21052LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1917S. 8322LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1917H.R. 20632LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 20632), 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 2, 1917H.R. 20632LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1917H.R. 20632LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1917H.R. 20632LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1917S. 8322LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1917noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1917noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 149 contested votes scored in the 64th 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
3 Congresses62nd · 191164th · 1915
Republican · Senate · CA62nd–64th
Term datesexact