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William Edwin Minshall Jr.

Representative from Ohio
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1955–1975ID M000799
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LegislationHEADLINE
14%with Dems
of 1,331 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
14%with Dems
of 1,331 · both combined
Steepest move
+19 pts
1967 → 1969
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 ↓1955196119671973
1973–7493rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
14.9%with Democrats
of 248 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1967 → 1969, +19 pts — within one party label.
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
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 14449No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 421No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 10710No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10710), 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
Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1974S. 3394No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 18, 1974H.Res. 1512No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 11, 1974H.R. 17234No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 11, 1974H.R. 17234No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 10, 1974H.R. 5385No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 248 contested votes scored in the 93rd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance13.5% · 52 votes
Congress11.1% · 36 votes
Energy13.8% · 29 votes
Government Operations and Politics9.1% · 11 votes
District of Columbia0% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Labor and Employment— · 9 votes
Transportation and Public Works— · 9 votes
International Affairs— · 8 votes
Law— · 6 votes
Armed Forces and National Security— · 5 votes
Environmental Protection— · 5 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 4 votes
Health— · 4 votes
Agriculture and Food— · 3 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 3 votes
Commemorations— · 3 votes
Education— · 3 votes
Mines and mineral resources— · 3 votes
Commerce— · 2 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 2 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 2 votes
Petroleum industry— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Coins and coinage— · 1 vote
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Monuments and memorials— · 1 vote
Private Legislation— · 1 vote
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Science, Technology, Communications— · 1 vote
Social Welfare— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 27 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Gold, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Public works, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Vietnamese Conflict, Volunteer workers, Youth.

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

Service record

10 Congresses
84th · 195593rd · 1973
Republican · House · OH84th–93rd
Term datesexact
Members · Ohio
WM

William Edwin Minshall Jr.

Representative from Ohio
HOUSER1955–197510 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
14.1%with Democrats
of 1,331 votes · 85.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested14%of 1,331 · combined
Steepest move+19 pts1967→69, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019551973
1973–74 · 93rd · Republican · of 248 votes14.9%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 248 contested votes scored in the 93rd

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance13.5% · 52
Congress11.1% · 36
Energy13.8% · 29
Government Operations and Politics9.1% · 11
District of Columbia0% · 10
Labor and Employment— · 9
Transportation and Public Works— · 9
International Affairs— · 8
Law— · 6
Armed Forces and National Security— · 5
Environmental Protection— · 5
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 4
Health— · 4
Agriculture and Food— · 3
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 3
Commemorations— · 3
Education— · 3
Mines and mineral resources— · 3
Commerce— · 2
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 2
Housing and Community Development— · 2
Petroleum industry— · 2
Real property— · 2
Coins and coinage— · 1
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Monuments and memorials— · 1
Private Legislation— · 1
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Science, Technology, Communications— · 1
Social Welfare— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 27 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Gold, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Public works, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Vietnamese Conflict, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Service record

84th · 195593rd · 1973
Republican84th–93rd

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