Benjamin Frank Whelchel

Representative from Georgia

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1935–1945ID W000343

LegislationHEADLINE

80%with Dems

of 395 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

80%with Dems

of 395 · both combined

Steepest move

−20 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 ↓19351941

1943–4478th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

69.4%with Democrats

of 49 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1941 → 1943, −20 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

Sep 18, 1944H.R. 5125No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Sep 18, 1944S. 2051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Sep 18, 1944S. 2051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2051), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored

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Jun 22, 1944H.Res. 422No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jun 19, 1944S. 1718No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Jun 6, 1944H.J.Res. 283No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jun 6, 1944H.J.Res. 283No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

May 22, 1944H.R. 1117No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 49 contested votes scored in the 78th 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

74th · 193578th · 1943

Democrat · House · GA74th–78th

Term datesexact

Benjamin Frank Whelchel

Representative from Georgia

HOUSED1935–19455 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

80.3%with Democrats

of 395 votes · 19.7% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested80%of 395 · combined

Steepest move−20 pts1941→43, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019351943

1943–44 · 78th · Democrat · of 49 votes69.4%

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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 majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

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Latest 6 shown · 49 contested votes scored in the 78th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

74th · 193578th · 1943

Democrat74th–78th

Party switchers

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