WC
Walter (Clift) Chandler
Representative from TennesseeHOUSEDEMOCRAT1935–1941ID C000296
LegislationHEADLINE
92%with Dems
of 261 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
92%with Dems
of 261 · both combined
Steepest move
+5 pts
1937 → 1939
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 ↓1935
1939–4076th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
94.6%with Democrats
of 56 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1937 → 1939, +5 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
Nov 3, 1939S.Con.Res. 31LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Nov 3, 1939H.J.Res. 306LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Nov 2, 1939H.J.Res. 306LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 306), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Nov 2, 1939H.J.Res. 306LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Nov 2, 1939H.J.Res. 306LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 31, 1939H.Res. 320LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 4, 1939S. 2240LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 3, 1939H.Res. 266LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 1, 1939H.Res. 286LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 56 contested votes scored in the 76th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
3 Congresses74th · 193576th · 1939
Democrat · House · TN74th–76th
Term datesexact