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Walter Hughes Newton
Representative from MinnesotaHOUSEREPUBLICAN1919–1931ID N000079
LegislationHEADLINE
11%with Dems
of 500 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
11%with Dems
of 500 · both combined
Steepest move
−8 pts
1919 → 1921
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 ↓19191925
1929–3071st Congress
Sat as a Republican
0%with Democrats
of 9 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1919 → 1921, −8 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
Jun 19, 1929H.J.Res. 80LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 13, 1929H.R. 1LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 10, 1929S. 312LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 312), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Jun 6, 1929S. 312LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 6, 1929S. 312LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 6, 1929S. 312LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 6, 1929S. 312LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 28, 1929H.R. 2667LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 28, 1929H.R. 2667LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 9 contested votes scored in the 71st 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
6 Congresses66th · 191971st · 1929
Republican · House · MN66th–71st
Term datesexact