John Clarence Watts

Representative from Kentucky

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1951–1973ID W000212

LegislationHEADLINE

71%with Dems

of 1,068 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

71%with Dems

of 1,068 · both combined

Steepest move

−19 pts

1963 → 1965

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 ↓1951195719631969

1971–7292nd Congress

Sat as a Democrat

58.8%with Democrats

of 51 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1963 → 1965, −19 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 16, 1971H.R. 1746No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Sep 16, 1971H.R. 1746No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 16, 1971H.R. 1746No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 1746), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

YEASided with the Republican majority

Open roll call

Sep 16, 1971H.R. 1746No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Sep 14, 1971H.R. 234No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 14, 1971H.R. 234No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 13, 1971H.Res. 483No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 9, 1971H.R. 9727No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 51 contested votes scored in the 92nd 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

11 Congresses

82nd · 195192nd · 1971

Democrat · House · KY82nd–92nd

Term datesexact

John Clarence Watts

Representative from Kentucky

HOUSED1951–197311 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

70.9%with Democrats

of 1,068 votes · 29.1% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested71%of 1,068 · combined

Steepest move−19 pts1963→65, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019511971

1971–72 · 92nd · Democrat · of 51 votes58.8%

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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 · 51 contested votes scored in the 92nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

82nd · 195192nd · 1971

Democrat82nd–92nd

Party switchers

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