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James Wolfenden
Representative from PennsylvaniaHOUSEREPUBLICAN1927–1947ID W000678
LegislationHEADLINE
7%with Dems
of 756 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
7%with Dems
of 756 · both combined
Steepest move
−30 pts
1927 → 1929
still a Republican
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 ↓1927193319391945
1945–4679th Congress
Sat as a Republican
4.5%with Democrats
of 66 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1927 → 1929, −30 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
Jul 23, 1946H.J.Res. 371LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 23, 1946H.J.Res. 371LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 2, 1946H.R. 6777LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 6777), 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
May 9, 1946H.R. 5604LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 9, 1946H.R. 4761LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
May 3, 1946H.R. 6056LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 3, 1946H.R. 6056LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 2, 1946H.Res. 588LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Apr 18, 1946H.Res. 430LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 66 contested votes scored in the 79th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
10 Congresses70th · 192779th · 1945
Republican · House · PA70th–79th
Term datesexact