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William Howard Wheat
Representative from IllinoisHOUSEREPUBLICAN1939–1945ID W000327
LegislationHEADLINE
5%with Dems
of 245 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
5%with Dems
of 245 · both combined
Steepest move
−2 pts
1941 → 1943
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 ↓1939
1943–4478th Congress
Sat as a Republican
4.8%with Democrats
of 42 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1941 → 1943, −2 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
Dec 16, 1943H.R. 3598LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 16, 1943H.R. 3598LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 16, 1943H.R. 3598LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 3598), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Dec 13, 1943H.R. 2887LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 13, 1943H.R. 2887LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 8, 1943H.J.Res. 171LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Nov 23, 1943H.R. 3477LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Nov 17, 1943H.R. 3377LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Nov 16, 1943H.R. 3356LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 42 contested votes scored in the 78th 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
3 Congresses76th · 193978th · 1943
Republican · House · IL76th–78th
Term datesexact