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William Dennison Stephens
Representative from CaliforniaHOUSEREPUBLICAN→OTHER PARTY1911–1917ID S000861
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. 15316LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 12, 1916H.R. 15316LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 11, 1916H.R. 12193LEGISLATIONYEADEM 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. 16763LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 10, 1916H.R. 16763LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 10, 1916H.R. 16763LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 1, 1916H.R. 16734LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 30, 1916H.R. 11148LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 30, 1916H.R. 11148LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 57 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 · House · CA62nd–63rd
Other party · House · CA64th–64th
Term datesexact