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Walter Lewis Hensley

Representative from Missouri
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1911–1919ID H000522
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LegislationHEADLINE
93%with Dems
of 434 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
93%with Dems
of 434 · both combined
Steepest move
−9 pts
1911 → 1913
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 ↓19111917
1917–1865th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
90.4%with Democrats
of 83 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1911 → 1913, −9 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, 1919H.R. 606No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1919noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1919noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
Mar 1, 1919noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1919noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1919noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1919noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1919noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1919S. 1419No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 83 contested votes scored in the 65th 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

4 Congresses
62nd · 191165th · 1917
Democrat · House · MO62nd–65th
Term datesexact
Members · Missouri
WH

Walter Lewis Hensley

Representative from Missouri
HOUSED1911–19194 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
92.6%with Democrats
of 434 votes · 7.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested93%of 434 · combined
Steepest move−9 pts1911→13, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019111917
1917–18 · 65th · Democrat · of 83 votes90.4%

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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 · 83 contested votes scored in the 65th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

62nd · 191165th · 1917
Democrat62nd–65th

Party switchers

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