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John Haines Ware III

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1969–1975ID W000147
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LegislationHEADLINE
18%with Dems
of 581 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
18%with Dems
of 581 · both combined
Steepest move
−16 pts
1969 → 1971
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 ↓1969
1973–7493rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
19.9%with Democrats
of 356 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1969 → 1971, −16 pts — within one party label.
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
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 620No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 20, 1974S. 4206No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 14449No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 14449), 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
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 6668No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 421No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 10710No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1494No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1520No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 356 contested votes scored in the 93rd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance13.3% · 75 votes
Congress25.5% · 47 votes
Energy9.5% · 21 votes
Labor and Employment14.3% · 21 votes
International Affairs64.7% · 17 votes
Transportation and Public Works12.5% · 16 votes
Government Operations and Politics7.7% · 13 votes
Armed Forces and National Security16.7% · 12 votes
District of Columbia18.2% · 11 votes
Law20% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Mines and mineral resources— · 8 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 5 votes
Education— · 5 votes
Environmental Protection— · 5 votes
Health— · 5 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 5 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Commerce— · 4 votes
Agriculture and Food— · 3 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 3 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 3 votes
Public works— · 3 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Coins and coinage— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Monuments and memorials— · 1 vote
Private Legislation— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Science, Technology, Communications— · 1 vote
Social Welfare— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 25 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Gold, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

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

Service record

3 Congresses
91st · 196993rd · 1973
Republican · House · PA91st–93rd
Term datesexact
Members · Pennsylvania
JW

John Haines Ware III

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSER1969–19753 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
17.9%with Democrats
of 581 votes · 82.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested18%of 581 · combined
Steepest move−16 pts1969→71, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019691973
1973–74 · 93rd · Republican · of 356 votes19.9%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 · 356 contested votes scored in the 93rd

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance13.3% · 75
Congress25.5% · 47
Energy9.5% · 21
Labor and Employment14.3% · 21
International Affairs64.7% · 17
Transportation and Public Works12.5% · 16
Government Operations and Politics7.7% · 13
Armed Forces and National Security16.7% · 12
District of Columbia18.2% · 11
Law20% · 10
Mines and mineral resources— · 8
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 5
Education— · 5
Environmental Protection— · 5
Health— · 5
Housing and Community Development— · 5
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4
Commemorations— · 4
Commerce— · 4
Agriculture and Food— · 3
Congressional-executive relations— · 3
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 3
Public works— · 3
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3
Real property— · 2
Coins and coinage— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Monuments and memorials— · 1
Private Legislation— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Science, Technology, Communications— · 1
Social Welfare— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 25 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Gold, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Service record

91st · 196993rd · 1973
Republican91st–93rd

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