Elections and Offices
Sen. William Laird [D-WV, 1956-1956] leaves office as Senator from West Virginia
Jul 27, 1956Sen. William Laird III
Former Senator from West Virginia
Elected Positions
| Dates | Title | Representing |
|---|---|---|
| Senator | West Virginia |
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Voting Record
From Mar 1956 to Jul 1956, Laird missed 10 of 100 roll call votes, which is 10.0%. This is worse than the median of 2.8% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Jul 1956. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
- United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
- Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
Recent Legislative Activity
Elections and Offices
Sen. William Laird [D-WV, 1956-1956] takes office as Senator from West Virginia
Jan 01, 1956