JW
John Albert Whitaker
Representative from KentuckyHOUSEDEMOCRAT1947–1953ID W000348
LegislationHEADLINE
89%with Dems
of 173 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
89%with Dems
of 173 · both combined
Steepest move
−8 pts
1947 → 1949
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 ↓1947
1951–5282nd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
89.8%with Democrats
of 59 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1947 → 1949, −8 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
Oct 20, 1951S. 1864LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 19, 1951H.R. 3669LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 19, 1951H.R. 4473LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 4473), 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
Oct 19, 1951S. 622LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 19, 1951S. 355LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 16, 1951H.R. 4473LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 15, 1951H.R. 5411LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 11, 1951H.R. 5684LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 11, 1951H.R. 4740LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 59 contested votes scored in the 82nd 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 Congresses80th · 194782nd · 1951
Democrat · House · KY80th–82nd
Term datesexact