Walter Allen Watson

Representative from Virginia

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1913–1921ID W000206

LegislationHEADLINE

86%with Dems

of 345 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

86%with Dems

of 345 · both combined

Steepest move

−2 pts

1915 → 1917

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 ↓19131919

1919–2066th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

82.9%with Democrats

of 41 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1915 → 1917, −2 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

Nov 17, 1919H.R. 10453No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Nov 17, 1919H.R. 10453No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Nov 17, 1919H.R. 10453No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10453), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Nov 10, 1919H.Res. 6No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Nov 10, 1919H.Res. 6No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Nov 10, 1919noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Nov 8, 1919H.R. 10378No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Nov 6, 1919H.Res. 362No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Nov 6, 1919H.Res. 362No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 41 contested votes scored in the 66th 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

4 Congresses

63rd · 191366th · 1919

Democrat · House · VA63rd–66th

Term datesexact

Walter Allen Watson

Representative from Virginia

HOUSED1913–19214 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

85.8%with Democrats

of 345 votes · 14.2% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested86%of 345 · combined

Steepest move−2 pts1915→17, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019131919

1919–20 · 66th · Democrat · of 41 votes82.9%

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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 majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 41 contested votes scored in the 66th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

63rd · 191366th · 1919

Democrat63rd–66th

Party switchers

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