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William Dennison Stephens

Representative from California
HOUSEREPUBLICAN→OTHER PARTY1911–1917ID S000861
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LegislationHEADLINE
14%with Dems
of 310 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
14%with Dems
of 310 · both combined
Steepest move
+1 pts
1911 → 1913
still a Republican
Changed parties
64th
R → O · first Congress under it

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 ↓1911R→O · 64th
1915–1664th Congress
Sat under another party label
14%with Democrats
of 57 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1911 → 1913, +1 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
Jul 12, 1916H.R. 15316No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 12, 1916H.R. 15316No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 11, 1916H.R. 12193No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12193), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Jul 10, 1916H.R. 16763No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 10, 1916H.R. 16763No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 10, 1916H.R. 16763No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 1, 1916H.R. 16734No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 30, 1916H.R. 11148No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 30, 1916H.R. 11148No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 57 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

3 Congresses
62nd · 191164th · 1915
Republican · House · CA62nd–63rd
Other party · House · CA64th–64th
Term datesexact
Members · California
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William Dennison Stephens

Representative from California
HOUSER→O1911–19173 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
14.2%with Democrats
of 310 votes · 85.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested14%of 310 · combined
Steepest move+1 pts1911→13, as a Republican
Changed parties64thR→O

Career arc

100500R→O19111915
1915–16 · 64th · Other party · of 57 votes14%

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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 · 57 contested votes scored in the 64th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

62nd · 191164th · 1915
Republican62nd–63rd
Other party64th–64th

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