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Gardner Robert Withrow

Representative from Wisconsin
HOUSEREPUBLICAN→OTHER PARTY→REPUBLICAN1931–1961ID W000663
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LegislationHEADLINE
45%with Dems
of 885 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
45%with Dems
of 885 · both combined
Steepest move
−32 pts
1953 → 1955
still a Republican
Changed parties
74th
R → O · first Congress under it

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 ↓19311937194319491955R→O · 74th
1959–6086th Congress
Sat as a Republican
22.1%with Democrats
of 68 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1953 → 1955, −32 pts — within one party label.
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 31, 1960H.R. 13161No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 24, 1960S.J.Res. 170No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Aug 22, 1960H.R. 9866No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 9866), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Aug 22, 1960H.R. 5383No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 2, 1960H.R. 2467No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 2, 1960H.R. 2467No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 2, 1960H.Res. 596No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 2, 1960H.Res. 596No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 1, 1960H.R. 9883No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 68 contested votes scored in the 86th 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

10 Congresses
72nd · 193174th · 193581st · 194986th · 1959
Republican · House · WI72nd–73rd
Other party · House · WI74th–75th
Republican · House · WI81st–86th
Term datesexact
Members · Wisconsin
GW

Gardner Robert Withrow

Representative from Wisconsin
HOUSER→O→R1931–196110 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
45.1%with Democrats
of 885 votes · 54.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested45%of 885 · combined
Steepest move−32 pts1953→55, as a Republican
Changed parties74thR→O

Career arc

100500R→O19311959
1959–60 · 86th · Republican · of 68 votes22.1%

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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
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 68 contested votes scored in the 86th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

72nd · 193186th · 1959
Republican72nd–73rd
Other party74th–75th
Republican81st–86th

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