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John Wesley Langley

Representative from Kentucky
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1907–1925ID L000072
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LegislationHEADLINE
14%with Dems
of 671 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
14%with Dems
of 671 · both combined
Steepest move
+21 pts
1921 → 1923
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 ↓190719131919
1923–2468th Congress
Sat as a Republican
35.3%with Democrats
of 17 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1921 → 1923, +21 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
Mar 18, 1924H.R. 7959No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 11, 1924H.R. 216No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 10, 1924H.R. 518No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 518), 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 10, 1924H.R. 518No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 10, 1924H.R. 518No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 10, 1924H.R. 518No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 29, 1924H.R. 6715No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 29, 1924H.R. 6715No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 29, 1924H.R. 6715No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 17 contested votes scored in the 68th 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

9 Congresses
60th · 190768th · 1923
Republican · House · KY60th–68th
Term datesexact
Members · Kentucky
JL

John Wesley Langley

Representative from Kentucky
HOUSER1907–19259 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
13.7%with Democrats
of 671 votes · 86.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested14%of 671 · combined
Steepest move+21 pts1921→23, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019071923
1923–24 · 68th · Republican · of 17 votes35.3%

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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 · 17 contested votes scored in the 68th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

60th · 190768th · 1923
Republican60th–68th

Party switchers

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