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William Lemke

Representative from North Dakota
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1933–1951ID L000238
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LegislationHEADLINE
43%with Dems
of 755 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
43%with Dems
of 755 · both combined
Steepest move
−34 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 ↓193319391945
1949–5081st Congress
Sat as a Republican
46.5%with Democrats
of 101 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1943 → 1945, −34 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
May 23, 1950H.R. 7797No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
May 15, 1950H.R. 7941No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 15, 1950H.R. 5990No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 5990), 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
May 15, 1950H.Res. 567No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 10, 1950H.R. 7786No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 10, 1950H.R. 7786No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 10, 1950H.R. 7786No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 10, 1950H.R. 7786No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 10, 1950H.R. 7786No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 101 contested votes scored in the 81st 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

8 Congresses
73rd · 193381st · 1949
Republican · House · ND73rd–81st
Term datesexact
Members · North Dakota
WL

William Lemke

Representative from North Dakota
HOUSER1933–19518 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
42.5%with Democrats
of 755 votes · 57.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested43%of 755 · combined
Steepest move−34 pts1943→45, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019331949
1949–50 · 81st · Republican · of 101 votes46.5%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 101 contested votes scored in the 81st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

73rd · 193381st · 1949
Republican73rd–81st

Party switchers

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