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Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton
Representative from IndianaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1949–1967ID D000260
LegislationHEADLINE
93%with Dems
of 885 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
93%with Dems
of 885 · both combined
Steepest move
+12 pts
1957 → 1959
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 ↓194919551961
1965–6689th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
95.9%with Democrats
of 172 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1957 → 1959, +12 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 20, 1966H.R. 13161LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 20, 1966H.R. 15111LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 20, 1966S. 3708LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3708), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Oct 19, 1966H.R. 1062LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1966S. 3708LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 14, 1966S. 3708LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 14, 1966H.R. 51LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 11, 1966H.R. 17787LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 11, 1966H.R. 15941LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 172 contested votes scored in the 89th 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
8 Congresses81st · 194989th · 1965
Democrat · House · IN81st–89th
Term datesexact