James Wadsworth Symington

Representative from Missouri

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1969–1977ID S001134

LegislationHEADLINE

88%with Dems

of 1,085 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

88%with Dems

of 1,085 · both combined

Steepest move

−4 pts

1971 → 1973

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 ↓19691975

1975–7694th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

85.6%with Democrats

of 436 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1971 → 1973, −4 pts — while still a Democrat.

Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

9 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with

Oct 1, 1976H.R. 11337No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 1, 1976S. 3131No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 1, 1976H.R. 10210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10210), 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

Open roll call

Oct 1, 1976S. 2278No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 1, 1976S. 2278No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Oct 1, 1976H.Res. 1591No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 1, 1976H.R. 12572No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 30, 1976S. 3521No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Sep 30, 1976H.R. 10210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 436 contested votes scored in the 94th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation

Economics and Public Finance86.2% · 145 votes

Congress86.6% · 82 votes

Energy85.5% · 76 votes

Government Operations and Politics88.5% · 52 votes

International Affairs93.1% · 29 votes

Armed Forces and National Security96% · 25 votes

Labor and Employment83.3% · 24 votes

Agriculture and Food90.9% · 22 votes

Transportation and Public Works81.8% · 22 votes

Taxation85.7% · 21 votes

Commerce80% · 15 votes

District of Columbia92.9% · 14 votes

Law78.6% · 14 votes

Crime and Law Enforcement84.6% · 13 votes

Education83.3% · 12 votes

Health100% · 11 votes

Environmental Protection50% · 10 votes

Too few contested votes to score

Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes

Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes

Science, Technology, Communications— · 8 votes

Depletion allowances— · 7 votes

Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6 votes

Housing and Community Development— · 6 votes

Independent regulatory commissions— · 6 votes

Lobbying— · 6 votes

Mines and mineral resources— · 6 votes

Mortgages— · 6 votes

Finance and Financial Sector— · 5 votes

Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 5 votes

Social Welfare— · 5 votes

Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4 votes

Commemorations— · 4 votes

Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes

Political participation— · 4 votes

Public works— · 4 votes

Coins and coinage— · 3 votes

Credit— · 3 votes

International economic relations— · 3 votes

Petroleum industry— · 3 votes

Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes

Conferences— · 2 votes

Executive reorganization— · 2 votes

Life insurance— · 2 votes

Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes

Printing— · 2 votes

Private Legislation— · 2 votes

Real property— · 2 votes

Youth— · 2 votes

Constitutional amendments— · 1 vote

Disabled— · 1 vote

Emergency Management— · 1 vote

Government corporations— · 1 vote

Heating— · 1 vote

Immigration— · 1 vote

Industrial relations— · 1 vote

Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote

Lakes— · 1 vote

Postal service— · 1 vote

Reclamation of land— · 1 vote

Refugees— · 1 vote

Revenue sharing— · 1 vote

Right of privacy— · 1 vote

Rivers— · 1 vote

Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 50 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Chemicals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Congressional oversight, Corporations, Dairy industry, Day care, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Gold, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Livestock, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Native Americans, Noise, Power resources, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Right to counsel, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

4 Congresses

91st · 196994th · 1975

Democrat · House · MO91st–94th

Term datesexact

James Wadsworth Symington

Representative from Missouri

HOUSED1969–19774 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

87.8%with Democrats

of 1,085 votes · 12.2% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested88%of 1,085 · combined

Steepest move−4 pts1971→73, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019691975

1975–76 · 94th · Democrat · of 436 votes85.6%

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Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. 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

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 436 contested votes scored in the 94th

By policy area

career

Economics and Public Finance86.2% · 145

Congress86.6% · 82

Energy85.5% · 76

Government Operations and Politics88.5% · 52

International Affairs93.1% · 29

Armed Forces and National Security96% · 25

Labor and Employment83.3% · 24

Agriculture and Food90.9% · 22

Transportation and Public Works81.8% · 22

Taxation85.7% · 21

Commerce80% · 15

District of Columbia92.9% · 14

Law78.6% · 14

Crime and Law Enforcement84.6% · 13

Education83.3% · 12

Health100% · 11

Environmental Protection50% · 10

Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9

Vietnamese Conflict— · 9

Science, Technology, Communications— · 8

Depletion allowances— · 7

Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6

Housing and Community Development— · 6

Independent regulatory commissions— · 6

Lobbying— · 6

Mines and mineral resources— · 6

Mortgages— · 6

Finance and Financial Sector— · 5

Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 5

Social Welfare— · 5

Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4

Commemorations— · 4

Congressional-executive relations— · 4

Political participation— · 4

Public works— · 4

Coins and coinage— · 3

Credit— · 3

International economic relations— · 3

Petroleum industry— · 3

Postal rates and revenues— · 3

Conferences— · 2

Executive reorganization— · 2

Life insurance— · 2

Monuments and memorials— · 2

Printing— · 2

Private Legislation— · 2

Real property— · 2

Youth— · 2

Constitutional amendments— · 1

Disabled— · 1

Emergency Management— · 1

Government corporations— · 1

Heating— · 1

Immigration— · 1

Industrial relations— · 1

Intergovernmental relations— · 1

Lakes— · 1

Postal service— · 1

Reclamation of land— · 1

Refugees— · 1

Revenue sharing— · 1

Right of privacy— · 1

Rivers— · 1

Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 50 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Chemicals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Congressional oversight, Corporations, Dairy industry, Day care, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Gold, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Livestock, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Native Americans, Noise, Power resources, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Right to counsel, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

91st · 196994th · 1975

Democrat91st–94th

Party switchers

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