Garrett Lee Withers

Representative from Kentucky

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1949–1955ID W000658

LegislationHEADLINE

88%with Dems

of 226 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

88%with Dems

of 226 · both combined

Steepest move

−8 pts

1949 → 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 ↓1949

1953–5483rd Congress

Sat as a Democrat

80%with Democrats

of 10 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1949 → 1953, −8 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

Apr 27, 1953H.R. 4363No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Apr 24, 1953H.R. 1432No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Apr 22, 1953H.R. 4663No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 4663), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

YEASided with the Democratic majority

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Apr 15, 1953H.R. 4004No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Apr 15, 1953H.R. 3480No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Apr 1, 1953H.R. 4198No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Apr 1, 1953H.R. 4198No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 19, 1953H.R. 3053No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 19, 1953H.R. 3053No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 10 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

2 Congresses

81st · 194983rd · 1953

Democrat · Senate · KY81st–81st

Democrat · House · KY83rd–83rd

Term datesexact

Garrett Lee Withers

Representative from Kentucky

HOUSED1949–19552 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

88.1%with Democrats

of 226 votes · 11.9% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested88%of 226 · combined

Steepest move−8 pts1949→53, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019491953

1953–54 · 83rd · Democrat · of 10 votes80%

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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 majorityNay

Counts toward scoreYes

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Latest 6 shown · 10 contested votes scored in the 83rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

81st · 194983rd · 1953

Democrat81st–81st

Democrat83rd–83rd

Party switchers

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