Paul Werntz Shafer

Representative from Michigan

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1937–1955ID S000277

LegislationHEADLINE

9%with Dems

of 785 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

9%with Dems

of 785 · both combined

Steepest move

+19 pts

1951 → 1953

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 ↓193719431949

1953–5483rd Congress

Sat as a Republican

22.2%with Democrats

of 54 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1951 → 1953, +19 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

Aug 9, 1954H.Res. 687No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Aug 9, 1954H.R. 9245No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 9, 1954H.Res. 590No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 590), 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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Aug 4, 1954S. 16No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 29, 1954H.Con.Res. 265No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Jul 29, 1954H.R. 9756No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 28, 1954H.Res. 626No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Jul 28, 1954H.R. 8300No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 28, 1954H.R. 8300No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 54 contested votes scored in the 83rd 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

9 Congresses

75th · 193783rd · 1953

Republican · House · MI75th–83rd

Term datesexact

Paul Werntz Shafer

Representative from Michigan

HOUSER1937–19559 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

9.3%with Democrats

of 785 votes · 90.7% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested9%of 785 · combined

Steepest move+19 pts1951→53, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019371953

1953–54 · 83rd · Republican · of 54 votes22.2%

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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 · 54 contested votes scored in the 83rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

75th · 193783rd · 1953

Republican75th–83rd

Party switchers

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