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John William Ditter

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1933–1945ID D000363
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LegislationHEADLINE
4%with Dems
of 537 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
4%with Dems
of 537 · both combined
Steepest move
+7 pts
1933 → 1935
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 ↓19331939
1943–4478th Congress
Sat as a Republican
2.9%with Democrats
of 35 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1933 → 1935, +7 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
Nov 16, 1943H.R. 3356No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 18, 1943S. 1279No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 22, 1943H.J.Res. 159No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 159), 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
Sep 21, 1943H.Con.Res. 25No 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 recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 2, 1943H.R. 2869No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 1, 1943H.R. 2719No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 35 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

6 Congresses
73rd · 193378th · 1943
Republican · House · PA73rd–78th
Term datesexact
Members · Pennsylvania
JD

John William Ditter

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSER1933–19456 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
3.9%with Democrats
of 537 votes · 96.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested4%of 537 · combined
Steepest move+7 pts1933→35, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019331943
1943–44 · 78th · Republican · of 35 votes2.9%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 35 contested votes scored in the 78th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

73rd · 193378th · 1943
Republican73rd–78th

Party switchers

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