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Walter Aloysius Lynch

Representative from New York
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1939–1951ID L000537
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LegislationHEADLINE
93%with Dems
of 472 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
93%with Dems
of 472 · both combined
Steepest move
−1 pts
1943 → 1945
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 ↓19391945
1949–5081st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
91.5%with Democrats
of 130 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1943 → 1945, −1 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
Dec 20, 1950H.R. 9798No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 13, 1950H.R. 9853No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 7, 1950H.R. 9763No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 9763), 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
Dec 7, 1950H.R. 9763No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 5, 1950H.R. 9827No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 5, 1950H.R. 9827No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 22, 1950H.R. 9490No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 15, 1950H.R. 9646No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 14, 1950H.R. 6217No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 130 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

6 Congresses
76th · 193981st · 1949
Democrat · House · NY76th–81st
Term datesexact
Members · New York
WL

Walter Aloysius Lynch

Representative from New York
HOUSED1939–19516 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
93%with Democrats
of 472 votes · 7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested93%of 472 · combined
Steepest move−1 pts1943→45, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019391949
1949–50 · 81st · Democrat · of 130 votes91.5%

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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
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 130 contested votes scored in the 81st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

76th · 193981st · 1949
Democrat76th–81st

Party switchers

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