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Francis Eugene Walter

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1933–1965ID W000108
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LegislationHEADLINE
82%with Dems
of 1,335 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
82%with Dems
of 1,335 · both combined
Steepest move
+24 pts
1961 → 1963
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 ↓193319391945195119571963
1963–6488th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
100%with Democrats
of 16 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1961 → 1963, +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
May 29, 1963H.R. 5497No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 15, 1963H.R. 6009No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 15, 1963H.R. 6009No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 6009), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
May 14, 1963H.Res. 340No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 14, 1963H.R. 5517No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 13, 1963H.R. 5517No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 9, 1963H.R. 950No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 8, 1963H.R. 5517No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 6, 1963H.R. 40No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 16 contested votes scored in the 88th 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

16 Congresses
73rd · 193388th · 1963
Democrat · House · PA73rd–88th
Term datesexact
Members · Pennsylvania
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Francis Eugene Walter

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSED1933–196516 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
82.4%with Democrats
of 1,335 votes · 17.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested82%of 1,335 · combined
Steepest move+24 pts1961→63, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019331963
1963–64 · 88th · Democrat · of 16 votes100%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 16 contested votes scored in the 88th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

73rd · 193388th · 1963
Democrat73rd–88th

Party switchers

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