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John Wingate Weeks

Senator from Massachusetts
SENATEREPUBLICAN1905–1919ID W000246
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LegislationHEADLINE
10%with Dems
of 889 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
10%with Dems
of 889 · both combined
Steepest move
−7 pts
1905 → 1907
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 ↓190519111917
1917–1865th Congress
Sat as a Republican
12.9%with Democrats
of 101 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1905 → 1907, −7 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
Mar 3, 1919H.J.Res. 436No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1919H.J.Res. 436No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1919H.R. 16136No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 16136), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
Mar 1, 1919H.R. 16136No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1919noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 22, 1919S. 2812No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 18, 1919H.R. 13462No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 18, 1919H.R. 13462No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 15, 1919H.R. 13462No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 101 contested votes scored in the 65th 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

7 Congresses
59th · 190563rd · 191365th · 1917
Republican · House · MA59th–62nd
Republican · Senate · MA63rd–65th
Term datesexact
Members · Massachusetts
JW

John Wingate Weeks

Senator from Massachusetts
SENATER1905–19197 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
10%with Democrats
of 889 votes · 90% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested10%of 889 · combined
Steepest move−7 pts1905→07, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019051917
1917–18 · 65th · Republican · of 101 votes12.9%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 101 contested votes scored in the 65th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

59th · 190565th · 1917
Republican59th–62nd
Republican63rd–65th

Party switchers

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