Willis Gratz Sears

Representative from Nebraska

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1923–1931ID S000212

LegislationHEADLINE

25%with Dems

of 182 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

25%with Dems

of 182 · both combined

Steepest move

−13 pts

1927 → 1929

still a Republican

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 ↓19231929

1929–3071st Congress

Sat as a Republican

21.3%with Democrats

of 47 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1927 → 1929, −13 pts — within one party label.

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

Mar 3, 1931S. 6255No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1931H.J.Res. 500No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 26, 1931H.R. 17054No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 17054), 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

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Feb 26, 1931H.R. 16836No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 25, 1931H.R. 16982No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Feb 24, 1931S.J.Res. 3No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 24, 1931H.J.Res. 292No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Feb 23, 1931S. 3060No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 47 contested votes scored in the 71st 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

4 Congresses

68th · 192371st · 1929

Republican · House · NE68th–71st

Term datesexact

Willis Gratz Sears

Representative from Nebraska

HOUSER1923–19314 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

24.7%with Democrats

of 182 votes · 75.3% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested25%of 182 · combined

Steepest move−13 pts1927→29, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019231929

1929–30 · 71st · Republican · of 47 votes21.3%

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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 · 47 contested votes scored in the 71st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

68th · 192371st · 1929

Republican68th–71st

Party switchers

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