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Hays Baxter White

Representative from Kansas
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1919–1929ID W000374
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LegislationHEADLINE
17%with Dems
of 502 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
17%with Dems
of 502 · both combined
Steepest move
+9 pts
1925 → 1927
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 ↓19191925
1927–2870th Congress
Sat as a Republican
30.4%with Democrats
of 23 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1925 → 1927, +9 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
Jan 11, 1929H.R. 11725No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 25, 1928H.R. 5773No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 18, 1928H.R. 11725No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 11725), 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
May 14, 1928S. 3555No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 3, 1928S. 3555No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 3, 1928S. 3555No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Apr 24, 1928H.R. 3740No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Apr 11, 1928H.J.Res. 200No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 6, 1928H.R. 8927No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 23 contested votes scored in the 70th 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
66th · 191970th · 1927
Republican · House · KS66th–70th
Term datesexact
Members · Kansas
HW

Hays Baxter White

Representative from Kansas
HOUSER1919–19295 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
16.5%with Democrats
of 502 votes · 83.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested17%of 502 · combined
Steepest move+9 pts1925→27, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019191927
1927–28 · 70th · Republican · of 23 votes30.4%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 23 contested votes scored in the 70th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

66th · 191970th · 1927
Republican66th–70th

Party switchers

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