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Wallace Humphrey White Jr.

Senator from Maine
SENATEREPUBLICAN1917–1949ID W000396
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LegislationHEADLINE
12%with Dems
of 1,552 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
12%with Dems
of 1,552 · both combined
Steepest move
+17 pts
1937 → 1939
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 ↓191719231929193519411947
1947–4880th Congress
Sat as a Republican
6.4%with Democrats
of 110 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1937 → 1939, +17 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
Jun 18, 1948H.R. 6829No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 17, 1948S. 2318No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 16, 1948H.R. 6355No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 6355), 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
Jun 16, 1948S. 110No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 15, 1948H.R. 6481No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 14, 1948H.J.Res. 296No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 14, 1948H.R. 6556No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 14, 1948H.R. 6556No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 14, 1948H.R. 6556No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 110 contested votes scored in the 80th 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

16 Congresses
65th · 191772nd · 193180th · 1947
Republican · House · ME65th–71st
Republican · Senate · ME72nd–80th
Term datesexact
Members · Maine
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Wallace Humphrey White Jr.

Senator from Maine
SENATER1917–194916 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
12%with Democrats
of 1,552 votes · 88% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested12%of 1,552 · combined
Steepest move+17 pts1937→39, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019171947
1947–48 · 80th · Republican · of 110 votes6.4%

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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 · 110 contested votes scored in the 80th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

65th · 191780th · 1947
Republican65th–71st
Republican72nd–80th

Party switchers

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