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Compton Ignatius White

Representative from Idaho
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1933–1951ID W000361
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LegislationHEADLINE
77%with Dems
of 569 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
77%with Dems
of 569 · both combined
Steepest move
−13 pts
1939 → 1941
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 ↓193319391945
1949–5081st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
64.4%with Democrats
of 87 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1939 → 1941, −13 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
Jan 1, 1951S. 3295No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 1, 1951S. 3295No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 1, 1951S. 3295No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3295), 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
Dec 20, 1950H.R. 9798No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 13, 1950H.R. 9853No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 7, 1950H.R. 9763No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 7, 1950H.R. 9763No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 22, 1950H.R. 9490No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Sep 22, 1950H.R. 8920No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 87 contested votes scored in the 81st 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

8 Congresses
73rd · 193381st · 1949
Democrat · House · ID73rd–81st
Term datesexact
Members · Idaho
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Compton Ignatius White

Representative from Idaho
HOUSED1933–19518 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
77.2%with Democrats
of 569 votes · 22.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested77%of 569 · combined
Steepest move−13 pts1939→41, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019331949
1949–50 · 81st · Democrat · of 87 votes64.4%

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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
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 87 contested votes scored in the 81st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

73rd · 193381st · 1949
Democrat73rd–81st

Party switchers

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