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Wayne Levere Hays

Representative from Ohio
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1949–1977ID H000408
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LegislationHEADLINE
79%with Dems
of 2,012 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
79%with Dems
of 2,012 · both combined
Steepest move
−15 pts
1969 → 1971
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 ↓19491955196119671973
1975–7694th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
80%with Democrats
of 360 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1969 → 1971, −15 pts — while still a Democrat.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

9 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Aug 10, 1976H.R. 13372No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 10, 1976H.R. 12169No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 10, 1976H.Res. 1468No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 1468), 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
Aug 9, 1976H.R. 13372No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 9, 1976H.Res. 1463No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 9, 1976H.R. 11552No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 9, 1976H.R. 11552No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 9, 1976H.R. 11552No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Aug 9, 1976H.R. 11552No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 360 contested votes scored in the 94th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance73.2% · 112 votes
Congress86.1% · 79 votes
Energy75.4% · 61 votes
Government Operations and Politics84.7% · 59 votes
Labor and Employment80.8% · 26 votes
Transportation and Public Works62.5% · 24 votes
Agriculture and Food80% · 20 votes
Armed Forces and National Security47.4% · 19 votes
Taxation73.7% · 19 votes
International Affairs47.1% · 17 votes
Commerce85.7% · 14 votes
District of Columbia69.2% · 13 votes
Law25% · 12 votes
Mines and mineral resources100% · 11 votes
Education50% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 8 votes
Environmental Protection— · 8 votes
Health— · 8 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 8 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 7 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 7 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 6 votes
Finance and Financial Sector— · 6 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Social Welfare— · 4 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Public works— · 3 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Mortgages— · 2 votes
Petroleum industry— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Private Legislation— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Native Americans— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Refugees— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote
Territories (U.S.)— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 44 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Chemicals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Congressional oversight, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gold, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Industrial relations, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Lobbying, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Revenue sharing, Sports and Recreation, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

14 Congresses
81st · 194994th · 1975
Democrat · House · OH81st–94th
Term datesexact
Members · Ohio
WH

Wayne Levere Hays

Representative from Ohio
HOUSED1949–197714 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
79.3%with Democrats
of 2,012 votes · 20.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested79%of 2,012 · combined
Steepest move−15 pts1969→71, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019491975
1975–76 · 94th · Democrat · of 360 votes80%

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Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. 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 · 360 contested votes scored in the 94th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance73.2% · 112
Congress86.1% · 79
Energy75.4% · 61
Government Operations and Politics84.7% · 59
Labor and Employment80.8% · 26
Transportation and Public Works62.5% · 24
Agriculture and Food80% · 20
Armed Forces and National Security47.4% · 19
Taxation73.7% · 19
International Affairs47.1% · 17
Commerce85.7% · 14
District of Columbia69.2% · 13
Law25% · 12
Mines and mineral resources100% · 11
Education50% · 10
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 8
Environmental Protection— · 8
Health— · 8
Vietnamese Conflict— · 8
Depletion allowances— · 7
Housing and Community Development— · 7
Science, Technology, Communications— · 7
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 6
Finance and Financial Sector— · 6
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Social Welfare— · 4
Coins and coinage— · 3
Credit— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Public works— · 3
Conferences— · 2
Constitutional amendments— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Mortgages— · 2
Petroleum industry— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Private Legislation— · 2
Real property— · 2
Youth— · 2
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Native Americans— · 1
Noise— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1
Territories (U.S.)— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 44 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Chemicals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Congressional oversight, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gold, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Industrial relations, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Lobbying, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Revenue sharing, Sports and Recreation, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

81st · 194994th · 1975
Democrat81st–94th

Party switchers

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