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Willis Benjamin Gibbs

Representative from Georgia
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1939–1941ID G000156
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LegislationHEADLINE
84%with Dems
of 131 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
84%with Dems
of 131 · both combined

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 ↓1939
1939–4076th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
84%with Democrats
of 131 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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 5, 1940H.R. 3233No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Aug 5, 1940H.R. 7737No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 1, 1940S. 3998No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3998), 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
Jul 30, 1940H.J.Res. 583No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 30, 1940H.J.Res. 583No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 10, 1940S. 3046No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 9, 1940S. 685No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 8, 1940S. 326No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 22, 1940H.R. 10127No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 131 contested votes scored in the 76th 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

1 Congresses
76th · 1939
Democrat · House · GA76th–76th
Term datesexact
Members · Georgia
WG

Willis Benjamin Gibbs

Representative from Georgia
HOUSED1939–19411 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
84%with Democrats
of 131 votes · 16% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested84%of 131 · combined

Career arc

10050019391939
1939–40 · 76th · Democrat · of 131 votes84%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 131 contested votes scored in the 76th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

76th · 193976th · 1939
Democrat76th–76th

Party switchers

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