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Walter Marcus Pierce

Representative from Oregon
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1933–1943ID P000339
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LegislationHEADLINE
83%with Dems
of 493 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
83%with Dems
of 493 · both combined
Steepest move
+6 pts
1937 → 1939
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 ↓19331939
1941–4277th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
88.5%with Democrats
of 61 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1937 → 1939, +6 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
Nov 24, 1942H.R. 7096No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Sep 23, 1942H.R. 7565No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 23, 1942H.R. 7565No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 7565), 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
Sep 9, 1942H.R. 7416No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 9, 1942H.R. 7416No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 23, 1942H.Res. 528No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 23, 1942H.Res. 528No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 23, 1942H.Res. 528No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 20, 1942H.R. 7378No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 61 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

5 Congresses
73rd · 193377th · 1941
Democrat · House · OR73rd–77th
Term datesexact
Members · Oregon
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Walter Marcus Pierce

Representative from Oregon
HOUSED1933–19435 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
82.8%with Democrats
of 493 votes · 17.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested83%of 493 · combined
Steepest move+6 pts1937→39, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019331941
1941–42 · 77th · Democrat · of 61 votes88.5%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 61 contested votes scored in the 77th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

73rd · 193377th · 1941
Democrat73rd–77th

Party switchers

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