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John Guiher Hutchinson

Representative from West Virginia
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1979–1981ID H001013
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LegislationHEADLINE
74%with Dems
of 102 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
74%with Dems
of 102 · both combined

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 ↓1979
1979–8096th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
73.5%with Democrats
of 102 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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
Dec 11, 1980S. 1097No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 4, 1980H.R. 7018No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 4, 1980H.R. 7591No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 7591), 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
Dec 4, 1980H.R. 6417No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 4, 1980H.R. 6417No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 4, 1980H.R. 6417No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 4, 1980H.R. 6417No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 4, 1980H.Res. 802No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 3, 1980H.R. 7020No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 102 contested votes scored in the 96th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance62.2% · 37 votes
Congress82.4% · 17 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Government Operations and Politics— · 9 votes
Transportation and Public Works— · 7 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 6 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 5 votes
Commerce— · 3 votes
Agriculture and Food— · 2 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 2 votes
Energy— · 2 votes
Labor and Employment— · 2 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 2 votes
Armed Forces and National Security— · 1 vote
Education— · 1 vote
Environmental Protection— · 1 vote
Finance and Financial Sector— · 1 vote
Health— · 1 vote
Science, Technology, Communications— · 1 vote
Taxation— · 1 vote

They also voted in 8 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Families, Immigration, International Affairs, Native Americans, Private Legislation, Social Welfare, Sports and Recreation, Water Resources Development.

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

Service record

1 Congresses
96th · 1979
Democrat · House · WV96th–96th
Term datesexact
Members · West Virginia
JH

John Guiher Hutchinson

Representative from West Virginia
HOUSED1979–19811 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
73.5%with Democrats
of 102 votes · 26.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested74%of 102 · combined

Career arc

10050019791979
1979–80 · 96th · Democrat · of 102 votes73.5%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 102 contested votes scored in the 96th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance62.2% · 37
Congress82.4% · 17
Government Operations and Politics— · 9
Transportation and Public Works— · 7
Housing and Community Development— · 6
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 5
Commerce— · 3
Agriculture and Food— · 2
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 2
Energy— · 2
Labor and Employment— · 2
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 2
Armed Forces and National Security— · 1
Education— · 1
Environmental Protection— · 1
Finance and Financial Sector— · 1
Health— · 1
Science, Technology, Communications— · 1
Taxation— · 1

Also voted in 8 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Families, Immigration, International Affairs, Native Americans, Private Legislation, Social Welfare, Sports and Recreation, Water Resources Development.

Service record

96th · 197996th · 1979
Democrat96th–96th

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