DW
David Jenkins Ward
Representative from MarylandHOUSEDEMOCRAT1939–1945ID W000130
LegislationHEADLINE
81%with Dems
of 236 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
81%with Dems
of 236 · both combined
Steepest move
−13 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 ↓1939
1943–4478th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
73.9%with Democrats
of 69 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1941 → 1943, −13 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
Sep 18, 1944H.R. 5125LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 18, 1944S. 2051LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Sep 18, 1944S. 2051LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2051), 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
Jun 23, 1944H.Res. 593LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 22, 1944H.Res. 422LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 22, 1944H.Res. 422LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 21, 1944H.R. 4219LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 20, 1944H.R. 4183LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 20, 1944H.R. 4443LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 69 contested votes scored in the 78th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
3 Congresses76th · 193978th · 1943
Democrat · House · MD76th–78th
Term datesexact