Joseph Franklin Wilson

Representative from Texas

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1947–1955ID W000604

LegislationHEADLINE

44%with Dems

of 371 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

44%with Dems

of 371 · both combined

Steepest move

+24 pts

1951 → 1953

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 ↓19471953

1953–5483rd Congress

Sat as a Democrat

48.2%with Democrats

of 56 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1951 → 1953, +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

Aug 9, 1954H.R. 9678No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Aug 9, 1954H.Res. 687No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Aug 9, 1954H.R. 9245No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 9245), 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

Aug 9, 1954H.Res. 590No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 4, 1954S. 16No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 30, 1954H.Con.Res. 266No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Jul 30, 1954H.R. 9666No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jul 30, 1954H.R. 7840No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 29, 1954H.Con.Res. 265No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 56 contested votes scored in the 83rd 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

4 Congresses

80th · 194783rd · 1953

Democrat · House · TX80th–83rd

Term datesexact

Joseph Franklin Wilson

Representative from Texas

HOUSED1947–19554 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

43.9%with Democrats

of 371 votes · 56.1% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested44%of 371 · combined

Steepest move+24 pts1951→53, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019471953

1953–54 · 83rd · Democrat · of 56 votes48.2%

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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 · 56 contested votes scored in the 83rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

80th · 194783rd · 1953

Democrat80th–83rd

Party switchers

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