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Charles Winfield Waterman

Senator from Colorado
SENATEREPUBLICAN1927–1933ID W000186
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LegislationHEADLINE
11%with Dems
of 297 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
11%with Dems
of 297 · both combined
Steepest move
−15 pts
1927 → 1929
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 ↓1927
1931–3272nd Congress
Sat as a Republican
0%with Democrats
of 15 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1927 → 1929, −15 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
Jul 11, 1932H.R. 12280No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 9, 1932H.R. 12445No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 6, 1932H.R. 12280No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12280), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Jun 22, 1932H.R. 12445No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 17, 1932H.R. 7726No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 17, 1932H.R. 7726No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 10, 1932S. 4860No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
May 31, 1932H.R. 10236No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 31, 1932H.R. 10236No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 15 contested votes scored in the 72nd 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

3 Congresses
70th · 192772nd · 1931
Republican · Senate · CO70th–72nd
Term datesexact
Members · Colorado
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Charles Winfield Waterman

Senator from Colorado
SENATER1927–19333 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
11.1%with Democrats
of 297 votes · 88.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested11%of 297 · combined
Steepest move−15 pts1927→29, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019271931
1931–32 · 72nd · Republican · of 15 votes0%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 15 contested votes scored in the 72nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

70th · 192772nd · 1931
Republican70th–72nd

Party switchers

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