Will Rogers

Representative from Oklahoma

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1933–1943ID R000405

LegislationHEADLINE

84%with Dems

of 453 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

84%with Dems

of 453 · both combined

Steepest move

+22 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

89.8%with Democrats

of 49 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1937 → 1939, +22 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 recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 17, 1942H.R. 7528No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 12, 1942H.Res. 110No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 110), 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

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Oct 12, 1942H.Res. 110No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Jun 18, 1942H.Res. 433No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Jun 18, 1942H.R. 7184No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jun 17, 1942H.Res. 490No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Jun 16, 1942H.R. 5349No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jun 11, 1942H.J.Res. 324No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 49 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 · OK73rd–77th

Term datesexact

Will Rogers

Representative from Oklahoma

HOUSED1933–19435 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

83.9%with Democrats

of 453 votes · 16.1% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested84%of 453 · combined

Steepest move+22 pts1937→39, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019331941

1941–42 · 77th · Democrat · of 49 votes89.8%

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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

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Latest 6 shown · 49 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 · 40th Wesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105th Ben Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th