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Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel
Senator from TexasSENATEDEMOCRAT1941–1949ID O000034
LegislationHEADLINE
31%with Dems
of 372 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
31%with Dems
of 372 · both combined
Steepest move
−36 pts
1941 → 1943
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 ↓19411947
1947–4880th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
31.7%with Democrats
of 123 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1941 → 1943, −36 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
Jun 19, 1948S. 2758LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 17, 1948S. 2318LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 17, 1948S. 2318LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2318), 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
Jun 17, 1948S. 2318LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 17, 1948S. 2318LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 17, 1948S. 2318LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 17, 1948S. 2318LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 17, 1948S. 2318LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 16, 1948H.R. 6355LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 123 contested votes scored in the 80th 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
4 Congresses77th · 194180th · 1947
Democrat · Senate · TX77th–80th
Term datesexact