William Emil Hess

Representative from Ohio

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1929–1961ID H000550

LegislationHEADLINE

8%with Dems

of 1,225 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

8%with Dems

of 1,225 · both combined

Steepest move

−11 pts

1943 → 1945

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 ↓192919351941194719531959

1959–6086th Congress

Sat as a Republican

3.5%with Democrats

of 85 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1943 → 1945, −11 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 26, 1960H.R. 12580No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 24, 1960S.J.Res. 170No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Aug 22, 1960H.R. 9866No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 9866), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

NAYSided with the Republican majority

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Aug 22, 1960H.R. 5383No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Jul 2, 1960H.Res. 596No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Jul 1, 1960H.R. 8665No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 1, 1960H.R. 9883No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Jun 30, 1960H.R. 12311No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 85 contested votes scored in the 86th 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

14 Congresses

71st · 192986th · 1959

Republican · House · OH71st–86th

Term datesexact

William Emil Hess

Representative from Ohio

HOUSER1929–196114 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

8.4%with Democrats

of 1,225 votes · 91.6% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested8%of 1,225 · combined

Steepest move−11 pts1943→45, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019291959

1959–60 · 86th · Republican · of 85 votes3.5%

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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

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Latest 6 shown · 85 contested votes scored in the 86th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

71st · 192986th · 1959

Republican71st–86th

Party switchers

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