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Elmer H. Wene

Representative from New Jersey
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1937–1945ID W000294
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LegislationHEADLINE
83%with Dems
of 192 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
83%with Dems
of 192 · both combined
Steepest move
+10 pts
1937 → 1941
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 ↓19371943
1943–4478th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
84.8%with Democrats
of 66 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1937 → 1941, +10 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
Dec 14, 1944H.R. 3429No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 18, 1944H.R. 5125No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 18, 1944S. 2051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2051), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Sep 18, 1944S. 2051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 23, 1944H.Res. 593No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 22, 1944H.Res. 422No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 22, 1944H.Res. 422No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 21, 1944H.R. 4219No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 20, 1944H.R. 4183No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 66 contested votes scored in the 78th 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
75th · 193778th · 1943
Democrat · House · NJ75th–78th
Term datesexact
Members · New Jersey
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Elmer H. Wene

Representative from New Jersey
HOUSED1937–19453 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
82.8%with Democrats
of 192 votes · 17.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested83%of 192 · combined
Steepest move+10 pts1937→41, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019371943
1943–44 · 78th · Democrat · of 66 votes84.8%

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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 · 66 contested votes scored in the 78th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

75th · 193778th · 1943
Democrat75th–78th

Party switchers

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