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Wesley Abner D'Ewart

Representative from Montana
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1945–1955ID D000281
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LegislationHEADLINE
13%with Dems
of 439 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
13%with Dems
of 439 · both combined
Steepest move
−10 pts
1949 → 1951
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 ↓19451951
1953–5483rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
9.5%with Democrats
of 63 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1949 → 1951, −10 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
Aug 9, 1954H.R. 9678No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 9, 1954H.Res. 687No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Aug 9, 1954H.R. 9245No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 9245), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Aug 9, 1954H.Res. 590No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 4, 1954S. 16No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 30, 1954H.R. 8384No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 30, 1954H.Con.Res. 266No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 30, 1954H.R. 9666No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 30, 1954H.R. 7840No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 63 contested votes scored in the 83rd 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
79th · 194583rd · 1953
Republican · House · MT79th–83rd
Term datesexact
Members · Montana
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Wesley Abner D'Ewart

Representative from Montana
HOUSER1945–19555 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
12.5%with Democrats
of 439 votes · 87.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested13%of 439 · combined
Steepest move−10 pts1949→51, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019451953
1953–54 · 83rd · Republican · of 63 votes9.5%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 63 contested votes scored in the 83rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

79th · 194583rd · 1953
Republican79th–83rd

Party switchers

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