Alton R. Waldon Jr.

Representative from New York

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1985–1987ID W000038

LegislationHEADLINE

98%with Dems

of 106 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

98%with Dems

of 106 · both combined

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 ↓1985

1985–8699th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

98.1%with Democrats

of 106 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

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 17, 1986H.R. 5300No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 17, 1986H.R. 6No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 17, 1986H.R. 5484No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 5484), 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 16, 1986H.R. 5705No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 16, 1986H.R. 5705No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Oct 16, 1986H.R. 5705No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 15, 1986H.J.Res. 753No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 15, 1986H.J.Res. 738No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 15, 1986H.J.Res. 738No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 106 contested votes scored in the 99th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation

Economics and Public Finance100% · 36 votes

Armed Forces and National Security96.8% · 31 votes

Too few contested votes to score

Immigration— · 8 votes

Transportation and Public Works— · 7 votes

Crime and Law Enforcement— · 6 votes

International Affairs— · 5 votes

Native Americans— · 3 votes

Water Resources Development— · 3 votes

Agriculture and Food— · 2 votes

Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 2 votes

Government Operations and Politics— · 2 votes

Housing and Community Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 11 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Commerce, Education, Environmental Protection, Finance and Financial Sector, Labor and Employment, Law, Public Lands and Natural Resources, Science, Technology, Communications, Social Welfare, Sports and Recreation, Taxation.

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

Service record

1 Congresses

99th · 1985

Democrat · House · NY99th–99th

Term datesexact

Alton R. Waldon Jr.

Representative from New York

HOUSED1985–19871 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

98.1%with Democrats

of 106 votes · 1.9% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested98%of 106 · combined

Career arc

10050019851985

1985–86 · 99th · Democrat · of 106 votes98.1%

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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 · 106 contested votes scored in the 99th

By policy area

career

Economics and Public Finance100% · 36

Armed Forces and National Security96.8% · 31

Immigration— · 8

Transportation and Public Works— · 7

Crime and Law Enforcement— · 6

International Affairs— · 5

Native Americans— · 3

Water Resources Development— · 3

Agriculture and Food— · 2

Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 2

Government Operations and Politics— · 2

Housing and Community Development— · 1

Also voted in 11 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Commerce, Education, Environmental Protection, Finance and Financial Sector, Labor and Employment, Law, Public Lands and Natural Resources, Science, Technology, Communications, Social Welfare, Sports and Recreation, Taxation.

Service record

99th · 198599th · 1985

Democrat99th–99th

Party switchers

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