Elections and Offices
Sen. William Spong [D-VA, 1966-1972] leaves office as Senator from Virginia
Oct 18, 1972Sen. William Spong Jr.
Former Senator from Virginia
Democrat
Elected Positions
| Dates | Title | State / District |
|---|---|---|
| Senator | Virginia |
See Also: Bioguide
Voting Record
From Jan 1967 to Oct 1972, Spong missed 152 of 2,209 roll call votes, which is 6.9%. This is better than the median of 11.5% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Oct 1972. 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 Spong [D-VA, 1966-1972] takes office as Senator from Virginia
Jan 1, 1966