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James Clifton Wilson

Representative from Texas
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1917–1921ID W000593
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LegislationHEADLINE
94%with Dems
of 102 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
94%with Dems
of 102 · both combined
Steepest move
+6 pts
1917 → 1919
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 ↓1917
1919–2066th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
100%with Democrats
of 1 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1917 → 1919, +6 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 8, 1921H.R. 15836No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
1 most recent roll calls shown · 1 contested votes scored in the 66th 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

2 Congresses
65th · 191766th · 1919
Democrat · House · TX65th–66th
Term datesexact
Members · Texas
JW

James Clifton Wilson

Representative from Texas
HOUSED1917–19212 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
94.1%with Democrats
of 102 votes · 5.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested94%of 102 · combined
Steepest move+6 pts1917→19, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019171919
1919–20 · 66th · Democrat · of 1 votes100%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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.
Latest 1 shown · 1 contested votes scored in the 66th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

65th · 191766th · 1919
Democrat65th–66th

Party switchers

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