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William Pat Jennings

Representative from Virginia
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1955–1967ID J000098
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LegislationHEADLINE
74%with Dems
of 656 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
74%with Dems
of 656 · both combined
Steepest move
−17 pts
1963 → 1965
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 ↓19551961
1965–6689th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
61.6%with Democrats
of 177 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1963 → 1965, −17 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
Oct 21, 1966H.R. 18381No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 21, 1966H.R. 14644No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 20, 1966H.R. 13103No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 13103), 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
Oct 20, 1966H.R. 13103No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 20, 1966H.R. 17607No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 20, 1966H.R. 17607No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 20, 1966H.R. 13161No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 20, 1966H.R. 15111No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 20, 1966S. 3708No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 177 contested votes scored in the 89th 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

6 Congresses
84th · 195589th · 1965
Democrat · House · VA84th–89th
Term datesexact
Members · Virginia
WJ

William Pat Jennings

Representative from Virginia
HOUSED1955–19676 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
74.1%with Democrats
of 656 votes · 25.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested74%of 656 · combined
Steepest move−17 pts1963→65, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019551965
1965–66 · 89th · Democrat · of 177 votes61.6%

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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
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 177 contested votes scored in the 89th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

84th · 195589th · 1965
Democrat84th–89th

Party switchers

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