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William Elmer Neal
Representative from West VirginiaHOUSEREPUBLICAN1953–1959ID N000017
LegislationHEADLINE
16%with Dems
of 161 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
16%with Dems
of 161 · both combined
Steepest move
−3 pts
1953 → 1957
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 ↓1953
1957–5885th Congress
Sat as a Republican
15.1%with Democrats
of 93 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1953 → 1957, −3 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
Aug 21, 1958S.Con.Res. 109LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 21, 1958S. 4036LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 21, 1958S. 4036LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 4036), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Aug 20, 1958H.R. 13450LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Aug 20, 1958H.R. 13450LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 19, 1958H.Res. 689LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 19, 1958H.Res. 691LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Aug 18, 1958H.R. 13067LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 18, 1958S. 3974LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 93 contested votes scored in the 85th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
2 Congresses83rd · 195385th · 1957
Republican · House · WV83rd–85th
Term datesexact