John Walter Heselton

Representative from Massachusetts

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1945–1959ID H000549

LegislationHEADLINE

36%with Dems

of 650 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

36%with Dems

of 650 · both combined

Steepest move

+22 pts

1947 → 1949

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 ↓194519511957

1957–5885th Congress

Sat as a Republican

35.4%with Democrats

of 96 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1947 → 1949, +22 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

Aug 23, 1958H.R. 13247No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 23, 1958H.R. 13489No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 22, 1958H.R. 13343No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 13343), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored

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Aug 22, 1958S. 3335No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 21, 1958S.Con.Res. 109No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 21, 1958S. 4036No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Aug 21, 1958S. 4036No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Aug 20, 1958H.R. 13450No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Aug 20, 1958H.R. 13450No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 96 contested votes scored in the 85th 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

79th · 194585th · 1957

Republican · House · MA79th–85th

Term datesexact

John Walter Heselton

Representative from Massachusetts

HOUSER1945–19597 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

35.8%with Democrats

of 650 votes · 64.2% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested36%of 650 · combined

Steepest move+22 pts1947→49, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019451957

1957–58 · 85th · Republican · of 96 votes35.4%

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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 majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

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Latest 6 shown · 96 contested votes scored in the 85th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

79th · 194585th · 1957

Republican79th–85th

Party switchers

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