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Walter Stephan Baring Jr.

Representative from Nevada
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1949–1973ID B000141
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LegislationHEADLINE
52%with Dems
of 1,069 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
52%with Dems
of 1,069 · both combined
Steepest move
−39 pts
1961 → 1963
still a Democrat

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 ↓1949195519611967
1971–7292nd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
34.8%with Democrats
of 138 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1961 → 1963, −39 pts — while still a Democrat.
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
Oct 17, 1972H.R. 16810No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 12, 1972H.R. 14370No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 11, 1972H.R. 16654No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 16654), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Oct 10, 1972H.R. 16810No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 10, 1972H.R. 16810No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 10, 1972H.Res. 1149No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 3, 1972H.R. 7130No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 2, 1972H.R. 16742No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Sep 25, 1972H.Res. 1133No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 138 contested votes scored in the 92nd 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

10 Congresses
81st · 194992nd · 1971
Democrat · House · NV81st–92nd
Term datesexact
Members · Nevada
WB

Walter Stephan Baring Jr.

Representative from Nevada
HOUSED1949–197310 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
51.9%with Democrats
of 1,069 votes · 48.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested52%of 1,069 · combined
Steepest move−39 pts1961→63, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019491971
1971–72 · 92nd · Democrat · of 138 votes34.8%

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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 · 138 contested votes scored in the 92nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

81st · 194992nd · 1971
Democrat81st–92nd

Party switchers

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