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William Townsend Pheiffer

Representative from New York
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1941–1943ID P000288
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LegislationHEADLINE
18%with Dems
of 65 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
18%with Dems
of 65 · both combined

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 ↓1941
1941–4277th Congress
Sat as a Republican
18.5%with Democrats
of 65 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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
Nov 24, 1942H.R. 7096No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 17, 1942H.R. 7528No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 13, 1942H.R. 1024No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 1024), 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
Oct 12, 1942H.Res. 110No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 12, 1942H.Res. 110No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 23, 1942H.R. 7565No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Sep 23, 1942H.R. 7565No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 9, 1942H.R. 7416No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 9, 1942H.R. 7416No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 65 contested votes scored in the 77th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.

Service record

1 Congresses
77th · 1941
Republican · House · NY77th–77th
Term datesexact
Members · New York
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William Townsend Pheiffer

Representative from New York
HOUSER1941–19431 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
18.5%with Democrats
of 65 votes · 81.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested18%of 65 · combined

Career arc

10050019411941
1941–42 · 77th · Republican · of 65 votes18.5%

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Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. 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 · 65 contested votes scored in the 77th

By policy area

career

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls.

Service record

77th · 194177th · 1941
Republican77th–77th

Party switchers

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