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James Walter Wise

Representative from Georgia
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1915–1925ID W000650
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LegislationHEADLINE
93%with Dems
of 351 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
93%with Dems
of 351 · both combined
Steepest move
+12 pts
1919 → 1921
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 ↓19151921
1921–2267th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
95.5%with Democrats
of 132 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1919 → 1921, +12 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
Mar 2, 1923S.J.Res. 282No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1923S. 2051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1923S. 4280No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 4280), 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
Feb 28, 1923H.R. 14435No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1923H.R. 14408No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1923H.Res. 507No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 23, 1923H.R. 14229No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 23, 1923H.R. 14222No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 23, 1923H.Res. 492No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 132 contested votes scored in the 67th 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

5 Congresses
64th · 191568th · 1923
Democrat · House · GA64th–68th
Term datesexact
Members · Georgia
JW

James Walter Wise

Representative from Georgia
HOUSED1915–19255 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
93.4%with Democrats
of 351 votes · 6.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested93%of 351 · combined
Steepest move+12 pts1919→21, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019151923
1921–22 · 67th · Democrat · of 132 votes95.5%

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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 · 132 contested votes scored in the 67th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

64th · 191568th · 1923
Democrat64th–68th

Party switchers

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