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George Meade Bowers

Representative from West Virginia
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1915–1923ID B000690
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LegislationHEADLINE
16%with Dems
of 381 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
16%with Dems
of 381 · both combined
Steepest move
−13 pts
1919 → 1921
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 ↓19151921
1921–2267th Congress
Sat as a Republican
9.9%with Democrats
of 152 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1919 → 1921, −13 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
Mar 3, 1923H.Res. 541No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1923S. 4280No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1923S. 425No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 425), 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
Mar 2, 1923H.J.Res. 455No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1923S.J.Res. 282No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1923S. 4160No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1923S. 2051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1923S. 4280No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1923H.R. 14435No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 152 contested votes scored in the 67th 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

4 Congresses
64th · 191567th · 1921
Republican · House · WV64th–67th
Term datesexact
Members · West Virginia
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George Meade Bowers

Representative from West Virginia
HOUSER1915–19234 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
15.7%with Democrats
of 381 votes · 84.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested16%of 381 · combined
Steepest move−13 pts1919→21, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019151921
1921–22 · 67th · Republican · of 152 votes9.9%

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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
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 152 contested votes scored in the 67th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

64th · 191567th · 1921
Republican64th–67th

Party switchers

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