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Edward Wester Creal

Representative from Kentucky
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1935–1945ID C000898
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LegislationHEADLINE
88%with Dems
of 333 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
88%with Dems
of 333 · both combined
Steepest move
+15 pts
1941 → 1943
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 ↓19351941
1943–4478th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
94.9%with Democrats
of 39 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1941 → 1943, +15 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
Jul 8, 1943H.R. 2968No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 7, 1943H.R. 2968No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 7, 1943H.R. 3030No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 3030), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
Jul 7, 1943H.R. 3030No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 3, 1943H.R. 2968No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 3, 1943H.R. 2968No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 2, 1943H.R. 2869No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 2, 1943H.R. 2869No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 1, 1943H.R. 2719No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 39 contested votes scored in the 78th 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

5 Congresses
74th · 193578th · 1943
Democrat · House · KY74th–78th
Term datesexact
Members · Kentucky
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Edward Wester Creal

Representative from Kentucky
HOUSED1935–19455 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
87.7%with Democrats
of 333 votes · 12.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested88%of 333 · combined
Steepest move+15 pts1941→43, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019351943
1943–44 · 78th · Democrat · of 39 votes94.9%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 39 contested votes scored in the 78th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

74th · 193578th · 1943
Democrat74th–78th

Party switchers

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