Loren Edgar Wheeler

Representative from Illinois

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1915–1927ID W000339

LegislationHEADLINE

13%with Dems

of 502 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

13%with Dems

of 502 · both combined

Steepest move

+12 pts

1921 → 1925

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 ↓19151921

1925–2669th Congress

Sat as a Republican

22%with Democrats

of 41 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1921 → 1925, +12 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

Mar 1, 1927H.R. 17130No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Feb 28, 1927H.R. 16507No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 24, 1927H.R. 15641No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 15641), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

NAYSided with the Republican majority

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Feb 19, 1927S. 1640No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 17, 1927S. 4808No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 17, 1927S. 4808No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 17, 1927noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Feb 10, 1927H.R. 16462No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 9, 1927H.Res. 405No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 41 contested votes scored in the 69th 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

5 Congresses

64th · 191569th · 1925

Republican · House · IL64th–69th

Term datesexact

Loren Edgar Wheeler

Representative from Illinois

HOUSER1915–19275 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

13.1%with Democrats

of 502 votes · 86.9% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested13%of 502 · combined

Steepest move+12 pts1921→25, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019151925

1925–26 · 69th · Republican · of 41 votes22%

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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 majorityYea

Republican majorityNay

Counts toward scoreYes

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Latest 6 shown · 41 contested votes scored in the 69th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

64th · 191569th · 1925

Republican64th–69th

Party switchers

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