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Foster Waterman Stearns
Representative from New HampshireHOUSEREPUBLICAN1939–1945ID S000823
LegislationHEADLINE
23%with Dems
of 227 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
23%with Dems
of 227 · both combined
Steepest move
+10 pts
1939 → 1941
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 ↓1939
1943–4478th Congress
Sat as a Republican
26%with Democrats
of 50 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1939 → 1941, +10 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
Dec 16, 1944H.R. 5587LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 5, 1944H.R. 5564LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 18, 1944H.R. 5125LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 5125), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Sep 18, 1944S. 2051LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 18, 1944S. 2051LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 22, 1944H.Res. 422LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 22, 1944H.Res. 422LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 21, 1944H.R. 4219LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 6, 1944H.J.Res. 283LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 50 contested votes scored in the 78th 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
3 Congresses76th · 193978th · 1943
Republican · House · NH76th–78th
Term datesexact