JW
Joseph Whitehead
Representative from VirginiaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1925–1931ID W000400
LegislationHEADLINE
76%with Dems
of 121 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
76%with Dems
of 121 · both combined
Steepest move
+20 pts
1925 → 1927
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 ↓1925
1929–3071st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
95.3%with Democrats
of 43 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1925 → 1927, +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
Feb 26, 1931H.R. 17054LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1931H.R. 16836LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 25, 1931H.R. 16982LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 16982), 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
Feb 25, 1931H.R. 16982LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 23, 1931S. 3060LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 20, 1931S.J.Res. 49LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 20, 1931H.R. 16111LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 16, 1931H.R. 17054LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 14, 1931H.R. 11015LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 43 contested votes scored in the 71st 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 Congresses69th · 192571st · 1929
Democrat · House · VA69th–71st
Term datesexact