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Leonard William Schuetz

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1931–1945ID S000144
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LegislationHEADLINE
81%with Dems
of 541 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
81%with Dems
of 541 · both combined
Steepest move
−17 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 ↓193119371943
1943–4478th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
74%with Democrats
of 50 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1941 → 1943, −17 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
Feb 7, 1944H.R. 3687No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 3, 1944S. 1285No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 3, 1944S. 1285No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 1285), 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
Feb 1, 1944H.Res. 412No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 26, 1944S. 1543No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 25, 1944H.J.Res. 192No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 16, 1943H.R. 3598No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 16, 1943H.R. 3598No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 16, 1943H.R. 3598No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 50 contested votes scored in the 78th 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

7 Congresses
72nd · 193178th · 1943
Democrat · House · IL72nd–78th
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
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Leonard William Schuetz

Representative from Illinois
HOUSED1931–19457 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
81.3%with Democrats
of 541 votes · 18.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested81%of 541 · combined
Steepest move−17 pts1941→43, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019311943
1943–44 · 78th · Democrat · of 50 votes74%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 50 contested votes scored in the 78th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

72nd · 193178th · 1943
Democrat72nd–78th

Party switchers

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