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Reuben Terrell Wood

Representative from Missouri
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1933–1941ID W000702
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LegislationHEADLINE
84%with Dems
of 334 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
84%with Dems
of 334 · both combined
Steepest move
+19 pts
1933 → 1935
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 ↓19331939
1939–4076th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
89.8%with Democrats
of 88 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1933 → 1935, +19 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
Dec 2, 1940H.R. 6324No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 10, 1940H.R. 7179No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 8, 1940noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
Sep 14, 1940S. 4164No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Sep 14, 1940H.R. 10361No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 7, 1940H.R. 10132No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Sep 7, 1940H.R. 10132No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 7, 1940H.R. 10132No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 7, 1940H.R. 10132No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 88 contested votes scored in the 76th 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

4 Congresses
73rd · 193376th · 1939
Democrat · House · MO73rd–76th
Term datesexact
Members · Missouri
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Reuben Terrell Wood

Representative from Missouri
HOUSED1933–19414 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
83.8%with Democrats
of 334 votes · 16.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested84%of 334 · combined
Steepest move+19 pts1933→35, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019331939
1939–40 · 76th · Democrat · of 88 votes89.8%

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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 · 88 contested votes scored in the 76th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

73rd · 193376th · 1939
Democrat73rd–76th

Party switchers

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