Basil Lee Whitener

Representative from North Carolina

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1957–1969ID W000410

LegislationHEADLINE

43%with Dems

of 747 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

43%with Dems

of 747 · both combined

Steepest move

−24 pts

1963 → 1965

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 ↓19571963

1967–6890th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

31.8%with Democrats

of 157 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1963 → 1965, −24 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 10, 1968H.R. 19908No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Oct 10, 1968H.R. 17735No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Oct 9, 1968S.J.Res. 175No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.J.Res. 175), 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

Open roll call

Oct 9, 1968S.J.Res. 175No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Oct 9, 1968S.J.Res. 175No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 9, 1968H.Res. 1315No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 9, 1968H.Res. 1315No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 7, 1968H.R. 15990No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 3, 1968H.R. 18037No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 157 contested votes scored in the 90th 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

6 Congresses

85th · 195790th · 1967

Democrat · House · NC85th–90th

Term datesexact

Basil Lee Whitener

Representative from North Carolina

HOUSED1957–19696 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

43%with Democrats

of 747 votes · 57% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested43%of 747 · combined

Steepest move−24 pts1963→65, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019571967

1967–68 · 90th · Democrat · of 157 votes31.8%

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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 · 157 contested votes scored in the 90th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

85th · 195790th · 1967

Democrat85th–90th

Party switchers

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