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Royal Hurlburt Weller

Representative from New York
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1923–1929ID W000277
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LegislationHEADLINE
68%with Dems
of 136 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
68%with Dems
of 136 · both combined
Steepest move
−14 pts
1925 → 1927
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 ↓1923
1927–2870th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
50%with Democrats
of 30 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1925 → 1927, −14 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
Feb 28, 1929S. 2901No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 25, 1929H.R. 17223No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 15, 1929H.R. 16926No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 16926), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored
Jan 31, 1929H.R. 303No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 24, 1929H.R. 16352No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 11, 1929H.R. 11725No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 8, 1929H.R. 283No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 7, 1929H.R. 15848No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 7, 1929H.R. 14813No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 30 contested votes scored in the 70th 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
68th · 192370th · 1927
Democrat · House · NY68th–70th
Term datesexact
Members · New York
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Royal Hurlburt Weller

Representative from New York
HOUSED1923–19293 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
67.6%with Democrats
of 136 votes · 32.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested68%of 136 · combined
Steepest move−14 pts1925→27, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019231927
1927–28 · 70th · Democrat · of 30 votes50%

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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 · 30 contested votes scored in the 70th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

68th · 192370th · 1927
Democrat68th–70th

Party switchers

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