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Burton Kendall Wheeler
Senator from MontanaSENATEDEMOCRAT1923–1947ID W000330
LegislationHEADLINE
69%with Dems
of 1,153 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
69%with Dems
of 1,153 · both combined
Steepest move
+27 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 ↓1923192919351941
1945–4679th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
61.4%with Democrats
of 70 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1941 → 1943, +27 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
Jul 31, 1946H.R. 7LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 27, 1946H.R. 1362LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 27, 1946H.R. 1362LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 1362), 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
Jul 26, 1946H.R. 1362LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 24, 1946H.J.Res. 371LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 12, 1946H.R. 6739LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 12, 1946H.R. 6739LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 9, 1946H.J.Res. 371LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 20, 1946H.R. 6335LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 70 contested votes scored in the 79th 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
12 Congresses68th · 192379th · 1945
Democrat · Senate · MT68th–79th
Term datesexact