Wilbur Daigh Mills

Representative from Arkansas

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1939–1977ID M000778

LegislationHEADLINE

69%with Dems

of 2,444 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

69%with Dems

of 2,444 · 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 ↓1939194519511957196319691975

1975–7694th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

58.3%with Democrats

of 424 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

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

Oct 1, 1976S. 2278No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 1, 1976S. 2278No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Oct 1, 1976H.R. 12572No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12572), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.

Where this lands

NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Sep 30, 1976S. 3521No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Sep 30, 1976H.R. 10210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 30, 1976S. 2212No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 30, 1976H.R. 13367No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Sep 30, 1976H.R. 13367No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Sep 30, 1976H.R. 14232No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 424 contested votes scored in the 94th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation

Economics and Public Finance56.7% · 104 votes

Congress70.2% · 57 votes

Government Operations and Politics66% · 53 votes

Energy44.9% · 49 votes

International Affairs36.4% · 22 votes

Labor and Employment71.4% · 21 votes

Taxation60% · 20 votes

Transportation and Public Works63.2% · 19 votes

Armed Forces and National Security31.3% · 16 votes

Commerce60% · 15 votes

Agriculture and Food42.9% · 14 votes

Law45.5% · 11 votes

Health90% · 10 votes

Mines and mineral resources50% · 10 votes

Too few contested votes to score

Crime and Law Enforcement— · 9 votes

Lobbying— · 9 votes

Finance and Financial Sector— · 8 votes

Environmental Protection— · 7 votes

Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 7 votes

Education— · 6 votes

Housing and Community Development— · 6 votes

Independent regulatory commissions— · 6 votes

Science, Technology, Communications— · 5 votes

Congressional-Presidential relations— · 4 votes

Political participation— · 4 votes

Private Legislation— · 4 votes

Public works— · 4 votes

Social Welfare— · 4 votes

Arts, Culture, Religion— · 3 votes

Credit— · 3 votes

Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 3 votes

Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes

Revenue sharing— · 3 votes

Vietnamese Conflict— · 3 votes

Conferences— · 2 votes

Congressional-executive relations— · 2 votes

Constitutional amendments— · 2 votes

Executive reorganization— · 2 votes

International economic relations— · 2 votes

Life insurance— · 2 votes

Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes

Mortgages— · 2 votes

Petroleum industry— · 2 votes

Power resources— · 2 votes

Printing— · 2 votes

Real property— · 2 votes

Youth— · 2 votes

Chemicals— · 1 vote

Congressional oversight— · 1 vote

Day care— · 1 vote

Disabled— · 1 vote

District of Columbia— · 1 vote

Government corporations— · 1 vote

Heating— · 1 vote

Immigration— · 1 vote

Industrial relations— · 1 vote

Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote

Livestock— · 1 vote

Motor vehicles— · 1 vote

Native Americans— · 1 vote

Noise— · 1 vote

Postal service— · 1 vote

Reclamation of land— · 1 vote

Refugees— · 1 vote

Right of privacy— · 1 vote

Right to counsel— · 1 vote

Rivers— · 1 vote

Territories (U.S.)— · 1 vote

Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 45 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Coins and coinage, Commemorations, Corporations, Dairy industry, Depletion allowances, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Gold, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Lakes, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

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

Service record

19 Congresses

76th · 193994th · 1975

Democrat · House · AR76th–94th

Term datesexact

Wilbur Daigh Mills

Representative from Arkansas

HOUSED1939–197719 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

68.9%with Democrats

of 2,444 votes · 31.1% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested69%of 2,444 · combined

Steepest move−17 pts1963→65, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019391975

1975–76 · 94th · Democrat · of 424 votes58.3%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 majorityNay

Republican majorityNay

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 424 contested votes scored in the 94th

By policy area

career

Economics and Public Finance56.7% · 104

Congress70.2% · 57

Government Operations and Politics66% · 53

Energy44.9% · 49

International Affairs36.4% · 22

Labor and Employment71.4% · 21

Taxation60% · 20

Transportation and Public Works63.2% · 19

Armed Forces and National Security31.3% · 16

Commerce60% · 15

Agriculture and Food42.9% · 14

Law45.5% · 11

Health90% · 10

Mines and mineral resources50% · 10

Crime and Law Enforcement— · 9

Lobbying— · 9

Finance and Financial Sector— · 8

Environmental Protection— · 7

Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 7

Education— · 6

Housing and Community Development— · 6

Independent regulatory commissions— · 6

Science, Technology, Communications— · 5

Congressional-Presidential relations— · 4

Political participation— · 4

Private Legislation— · 4

Public works— · 4

Social Welfare— · 4

Arts, Culture, Religion— · 3

Credit— · 3

Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 3

Postal rates and revenues— · 3

Revenue sharing— · 3

Vietnamese Conflict— · 3

Conferences— · 2

Congressional-executive relations— · 2

Constitutional amendments— · 2

Executive reorganization— · 2

International economic relations— · 2

Life insurance— · 2

Monuments and memorials— · 2

Mortgages— · 2

Petroleum industry— · 2

Power resources— · 2

Printing— · 2

Real property— · 2

Youth— · 2

Chemicals— · 1

Congressional oversight— · 1

Day care— · 1

Disabled— · 1

District of Columbia— · 1

Government corporations— · 1

Heating— · 1

Immigration— · 1

Industrial relations— · 1

Intergovernmental relations— · 1

Livestock— · 1

Motor vehicles— · 1

Native Americans— · 1

Noise— · 1

Postal service— · 1

Reclamation of land— · 1

Refugees— · 1

Right of privacy— · 1

Right to counsel— · 1

Rivers— · 1

Territories (U.S.)— · 1

Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 45 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Coins and coinage, Commemorations, Corporations, Dairy industry, Depletion allowances, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Gold, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Lakes, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

76th · 193994th · 1975

Democrat76th–94th

Party switchers

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