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Hannibal Lafayette Godwin

Representative from North Carolina
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1907–1921ID G000250
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LegislationHEADLINE
92%with Dems
of 692 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
92%with Dems
of 692 · both combined
Steepest move
−14 pts
1917 → 1919
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 ↓190719131919
1919–2066th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
81.8%with Democrats
of 77 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1917 → 1919, −14 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
Mar 3, 1921H.R. 15275No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1921H.R. 15422No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1921H.R. 15943No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 15943), 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
Mar 2, 1921H.R. 15943No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1921H.J.Res. 382No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1921H.J.Res. 382No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1921H.R. 16100No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1921noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1921noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 77 contested votes scored in the 66th 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

7 Congresses
60th · 190766th · 1919
Democrat · House · NC60th–66th
Term datesexact
Members · North Carolina
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Hannibal Lafayette Godwin

Representative from North Carolina
HOUSED1907–19217 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
91.6%with Democrats
of 692 votes · 8.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested92%of 692 · combined
Steepest move−14 pts1917→19, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019071919
1919–20 · 66th · Democrat · of 77 votes81.8%

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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 · 77 contested votes scored in the 66th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

60th · 190766th · 1919
Democrat60th–66th

Party switchers

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