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John William Wright Patman

Representative from Texas
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1929–1977ID P000103
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LegislationHEADLINE
86%with Dems
of 2,693 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
86%with Dems
of 2,693 · both combined
Steepest move
−17 pts
1967 → 1969
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 ↓19291935194119471953195919651971
1975–7694th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
76%with Democrats
of 262 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1967 → 1969, −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
Mar 3, 1976H.Res. 1054No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 19, 1976H.R. 5247No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 18, 1976H.Res. 801No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 801), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Feb 17, 1976H.R. 11645No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 17, 1976H.R. 11455No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 17, 1976H.R. 11233No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 10, 1976H.R. 11453No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 10, 1976H.Res. 1025No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 10, 1976H.R. 11665No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 262 contested votes scored in the 94th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance69.9% · 103 votes
Congress86% · 57 votes
Energy64% · 50 votes
Government Operations and Politics81.8% · 33 votes
Transportation and Public Works85% · 20 votes
Agriculture and Food73.7% · 19 votes
Taxation73.7% · 19 votes
Armed Forces and National Security57.1% · 14 votes
Commerce85.7% · 14 votes
International Affairs91.7% · 12 votes
Too few contested votes to score
District of Columbia— · 9 votes
Labor and Employment— · 9 votes
Environmental Protection— · 8 votes
Health— · 8 votes
Mines and mineral resources— · 8 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Education— · 7 votes
Finance and Financial Sector— · 6 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 6 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 5 votes
Law— · 4 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 4 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 4 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 3 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 3 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Public works— · 3 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
International economic relations— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Private Legislation— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Social Welfare— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Conferences— · 1 vote
Credit— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Petroleum industry— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 36 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Child welfare, Citizenship, Commemorations, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Families, Government life insurance, Impeachments, Industrial relations, Interest, Leases, Libraries, Life insurance, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Noise, Political participation, Prices, Real estate business, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Refugees, Right of privacy, Sports and Recreation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Witnesses.

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

Service record

24 Congresses
71st · 192994th · 1975
Democrat · House · TX71st–94th
Term datesexact
Members · Texas
JP

John William Wright Patman

Representative from Texas
HOUSED1929–197724 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
85.7%with Democrats
of 2,693 votes · 14.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested86%of 2,693 · combined
Steepest move−17 pts1967→69, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019291975
1975–76 · 94th · Democrat · of 262 votes76%

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 majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 262 contested votes scored in the 94th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance69.9% · 103
Congress86% · 57
Energy64% · 50
Government Operations and Politics81.8% · 33
Transportation and Public Works85% · 20
Agriculture and Food73.7% · 19
Taxation73.7% · 19
Armed Forces and National Security57.1% · 14
Commerce85.7% · 14
International Affairs91.7% · 12
District of Columbia— · 9
Labor and Employment— · 9
Environmental Protection— · 8
Health— · 8
Mines and mineral resources— · 8
Depletion allowances— · 7
Education— · 7
Finance and Financial Sector— · 6
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6
Housing and Community Development— · 6
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6
Mortgages— · 6
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 5
Law— · 4
Science, Technology, Communications— · 4
Vietnamese Conflict— · 4
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 3
Coins and coinage— · 3
Congressional-executive relations— · 3
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Public works— · 3
Executive reorganization— · 2
International economic relations— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Private Legislation— · 2
Real property— · 2
Social Welfare— · 2
Youth— · 2
Conferences— · 1
Credit— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Gold— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Petroleum industry— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 36 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Child welfare, Citizenship, Commemorations, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Families, Government life insurance, Impeachments, Industrial relations, Interest, Leases, Libraries, Life insurance, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Noise, Political participation, Prices, Real estate business, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Refugees, Right of privacy, Sports and Recreation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Witnesses.

Service record

71st · 192994th · 1975
Democrat71st–94th

Party switchers

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