Hatton William Sumners

Representative from Texas

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1913–1947ID S001072

LegislationHEADLINE

86%with Dems

of 1,363 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

86%with Dems

of 1,363 · both combined

Steepest move

−24 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 ↓191319191925193119371943

1945–4679th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

59.3%with Democrats

of 86 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1941 → 1943, −24 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

Aug 2, 1946noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 2, 1946H.J.Res. 225No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Aug 1, 1946H.Res. 749No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 749), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.

Where this lands

NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Aug 1, 1946noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 31, 1946S. 1253No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 86 contested votes scored in the 79th 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

17 Congresses

63rd · 191379th · 1945

Democrat · House · TX63rd–79th

Term datesexact

Hatton William Sumners

Representative from Texas

HOUSED1913–194717 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

86.1%with Democrats

of 1,363 votes · 13.9% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested86%of 1,363 · combined

Steepest move−24 pts1941→43, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019131945

1945–46 · 79th · Democrat · of 86 votes59.3%

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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 majorityNay

Republican majorityNay

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 86 contested votes scored in the 79th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

63rd · 191379th · 1945

Democrat63rd–79th

Party switchers

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