Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold

Representative from Missouri

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1943–1949ID A000296

LegislationHEADLINE

7%with Dems

of 246 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

7%with Dems

of 246 · both combined

Steepest move

+3 pts

1943 → 1945

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 ↓1943

1947–4880th Congress

Sat as a Republican

8.3%with Democrats

of 72 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1943 → 1945, +3 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

Aug 7, 1948H.Res. 711No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 7, 1948H.Res. 709No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 5, 1948S.J.Res. 157No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.J.Res. 157), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

YEASided with the Republican majority

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Aug 4, 1948H.Res. 707No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Jun 20, 1948H.R. 6801No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Jun 19, 1948S. 2655No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Jun 19, 1948H.R. 6481No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Jun 18, 1948H.R. 6959No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jun 18, 1948S. 2242No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 72 contested votes scored in the 80th 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

78th · 194380th · 1947

Republican · House · MO78th–80th

Term datesexact

Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold

Representative from Missouri

HOUSER1943–19493 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

6.9%with Democrats

of 246 votes · 93.1% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested7%of 246 · combined

Steepest move+3 pts1943→45, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019431947

1947–48 · 80th · Republican · of 72 votes8.3%

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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 majorityNay

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreYes

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Latest 6 shown · 72 contested votes scored in the 80th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

78th · 194380th · 1947

Republican78th–80th

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40th Wesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105th Ben Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th