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Wint Smith
Representative from KansasHOUSEREPUBLICAN1947–1961ID S000640
LegislationHEADLINE
16%with Dems
of 596 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
16%with Dems
of 596 · both combined
Steepest move
+25 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 ↓194719531959
1959–6086th Congress
Sat as a Republican
22.1%with Democrats
of 95 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1951 → 1953, +25 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 31, 1960H.R. 13161LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 31, 1960H.R. 13161LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 24, 1960S.J.Res. 170LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.J.Res. 170), 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
Aug 22, 1960H.R. 9866LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 22, 1960H.R. 5383LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 2, 1960H.R. 2467LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 2, 1960H.R. 2467LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 2, 1960H.Res. 596LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 2, 1960H.Res. 596LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 95 contested votes scored in the 86th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
7 Congresses80th · 194786th · 1959
Republican · House · KS80th–86th
Term datesexact