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Milton Horace West
Representative from TexasHOUSEDEMOCRAT1933–1949ID W000304
LegislationHEADLINE
73%with Dems
of 647 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
73%with Dems
of 647 · both combined
Steepest move
−33 pts
1941 → 1943
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 ↓193319391945
1947–4880th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
51.4%with Democrats
of 35 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1941 → 1943, −33 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
Aug 7, 1948H.Res. 711LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 19, 1948H.R. 6481LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 16, 1948H.R. 6355LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 6355), 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
Apr 2, 1948S. 2202LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 2, 1948H.R. 4790LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 2, 1948H.R. 4790LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 2, 1948H.R. 4790LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 22, 1948H.R. 2873LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 22, 1948H.R. 2873LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 35 contested votes scored in the 80th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
8 Congresses73rd · 193380th · 1947
Democrat · House · TX73rd–80th
Term datesexact