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Charles William Whalen Jr.

Representative from Ohio
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1967–1979ID W000317
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LegislationHEADLINE
76%with Dems
of 1,873 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
76%with Dems
of 1,873 · both combined
Steepest move
+7 pts
1971 → 1973
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 ↓19671973
1977–7895th Congress
Sat as a Republican
84.4%with Democrats
of 482 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1971 → 1973, +7 pts — within one party label.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

9 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 13511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 13750No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 14, 1978H.Res. 1448No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 1448), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 12467No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 15No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978S. 3447No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978S. 2493No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 12250No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 4018No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 482 contested votes scored in the 95th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance81.2% · 266 votes
Congress66.2% · 145 votes
Energy80.4% · 102 votes
Government Operations and Politics77.5% · 102 votes
International Affairs92.6% · 81 votes
Labor and Employment85.4% · 41 votes
Armed Forces and National Security73.7% · 38 votes
Transportation and Public Works75.7% · 37 votes
Agriculture and Food56.3% · 32 votes
Taxation65.6% · 32 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources93.1% · 29 votes
Law96.4% · 28 votes
Environmental Protection79.2% · 24 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance81.8% · 22 votes
Commerce85.7% · 21 votes
Education90% · 20 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement73.3% · 15 votes
District of Columbia100% · 15 votes
Health85.7% · 14 votes
Finance and Financial Sector84.6% · 13 votes
Mines and mineral resources84.6% · 13 votes
Housing and Community Development83.3% · 12 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Lobbying— · 9 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes
Industrial relations— · 8 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Electronic surveillance— · 7 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 7 votes
Social Welfare— · 7 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 6 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Black lung— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 4 votes
Home repair and improvement— · 4 votes
Income tax— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Private Legislation— · 4 votes
Public works— · 4 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
Embargo— · 3 votes
Financial disclosure— · 3 votes
Government securities— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Municipal finance— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 2 votes
Contested elections— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Indian claims— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Museums— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Territories (U.S.)— · 2 votes
Water Resources Development— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Aquaculture— · 1 vote
Barber and beauty shops— · 1 vote
Chemicals— · 1 vote
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 1 vote
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Cultural centers— · 1 vote
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Droughts— · 1 vote
Earthquakes— · 1 vote
Emergency Management— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Impeachments— · 1 vote
Import restrictions— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Native Americans— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Political representation— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Refugees— · 1 vote
Rehabilitation— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote

They also voted in 73 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Domestic relations, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Intergovernmental relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Right to counsel, Rural conditions, Salaries, Solar energy, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

6 Congresses
90th · 196795th · 1977
Republican · House · OH90th–95th
Term datesexact
Members · Ohio
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Charles William Whalen Jr.

Representative from Ohio
HOUSER1967–19796 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
76%with Democrats
of 1,873 votes · 24% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested76%of 1,873 · combined
Steepest move+7 pts1971→73, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019671977
1977–78 · 95th · Republican · of 482 votes84.4%

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Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.
Democratic majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 482 contested votes scored in the 95th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance81.2% · 266
Congress66.2% · 145
Energy80.4% · 102
Government Operations and Politics77.5% · 102
International Affairs92.6% · 81
Labor and Employment85.4% · 41
Armed Forces and National Security73.7% · 38
Transportation and Public Works75.7% · 37
Agriculture and Food56.3% · 32
Taxation65.6% · 32
Public Lands and Natural Resources93.1% · 29
Law96.4% · 28
Environmental Protection79.2% · 24
Foreign Trade and International Finance81.8% · 22
Commerce85.7% · 21
Education90% · 20
Crime and Law Enforcement73.3% · 15
District of Columbia100% · 15
Health85.7% · 14
Finance and Financial Sector84.6% · 13
Mines and mineral resources84.6% · 13
Housing and Community Development83.3% · 12
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Lobbying— · 9
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9
Industrial relations— · 8
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8
Depletion allowances— · 7
Electronic surveillance— · 7
Independent regulatory commissions— · 7
Social Welfare— · 7
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 6
Mortgages— · 6
Black lung— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Constitutional amendments— · 4
Home repair and improvement— · 4
Income tax— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Private Legislation— · 4
Public works— · 4
Coins and coinage— · 3
Credit— · 3
Embargo— · 3
Financial disclosure— · 3
Government securities— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Municipal finance— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Conferences— · 2
Congressional-executive relations— · 2
Contested elections— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Indian claims— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Museums— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Real property— · 2
Territories (U.S.)— · 2
Water Resources Development— · 2
Youth— · 2
Aquaculture— · 1
Barber and beauty shops— · 1
Chemicals— · 1
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Cultural centers— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Droughts— · 1
Earthquakes— · 1
Emergency Management— · 1
Gold— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Impeachments— · 1
Import restrictions— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Native Americans— · 1
Noise— · 1
Political representation— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Rehabilitation— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Rivers— · 1

Also voted in 73 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Domestic relations, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Intergovernmental relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Right to counsel, Rural conditions, Salaries, Solar energy, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

90th · 196795th · 1977
Republican90th–95th

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