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William Arthur Winstead

Representative from Mississippi
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1943–1965ID W000641
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LegislationHEADLINE
48%with Dems
of 969 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
48%with Dems
of 969 · both combined
Steepest move
+48 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 ↓1943194919551961
1963–6488th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
22.9%with Democrats
of 105 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1951 → 1953, +48 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 3, 1964H.R. 12633No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 1, 1964S. 3060No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 1, 1964S. 3060No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3060), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Oct 1, 1964H.Res. 892No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Sep 23, 1964H.R. 1096No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Sep 22, 1964H.R. 12633No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Sep 3, 1964S. 2220No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Sep 3, 1964H.R. 12298No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 3, 1964H.R. 12298No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 105 contested votes scored in the 88th 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

11 Congresses
78th · 194388th · 1963
Democrat · House · MS78th–88th
Term datesexact
Members · Mississippi
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William Arthur Winstead

Representative from Mississippi
HOUSED1943–196511 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
48%with Democrats
of 969 votes · 52% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested48%of 969 · combined
Steepest move+48 pts1951→53, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019431963
1963–64 · 88th · Democrat · of 105 votes22.9%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 105 contested votes scored in the 88th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

78th · 194388th · 1963
Democrat78th–88th

Party switchers

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