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James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.

Representative from New York
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1915–1951ID W000012
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LegislationHEADLINE
12%with Dems
of 1,904 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
12%with Dems
of 1,904 · both combined
Steepest move
+18 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 ↓191519211927193319391945
1949–5081st Congress
Sat as a Republican
9.8%with Democrats
of 112 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1939 → 1941, +18 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
Jan 2, 1951H.R. 5244No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 1, 1951S. 3295No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 1, 1951S. 3295No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3295), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored
Jan 1, 1951S. 3295No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1950H.R. 9798No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 13, 1950H.R. 9853No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 7, 1950H.R. 9763No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 7, 1950H.R. 9763No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 5, 1950H.R. 9827No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 112 contested votes scored in the 81st 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

15 Congresses
64th · 191573rd · 193381st · 1949
Republican · Senate · NY64th–69th
Republican · House · NY73rd–81st
Term datesexact
Members · New York
JW

James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.

Representative from New York
HOUSER1915–195115 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
11.8%with Democrats
of 1,904 votes · 88.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested12%of 1,904 · combined
Steepest move+18 pts1939→41, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019151949
1949–50 · 81st · Republican · of 112 votes9.8%

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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 · 112 contested votes scored in the 81st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

64th · 191581st · 1949
Republican64th–69th
Republican73rd–81st

Party switchers

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