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John Waldemar Wydler

Representative from New York
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1963–1981ID W000780
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LegislationHEADLINE
28%with Dems
of 2,634 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
28%with Dems
of 2,634 · both combined
Steepest move
−17 pts
1969 → 1971
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 ↓196319691975
1979–8096th Congress
Sat as a Republican
24.1%with Democrats
of 474 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1969 → 1971, −17 pts — within one party label.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

9 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Dec 10, 1980H.Res. 826No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 5, 1980H.R. 8105No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 5, 1980S. 1615No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 1615), 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
Dec 5, 1980S. 1615No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 4, 1980H.R. 6417No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 4, 1980H.R. 6417No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 4, 1980H.R. 6417No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 3, 1980H.R. 7020No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 3, 1980H.R. 8378No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 474 contested votes scored in the 96th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance22.4% · 392 votes
Congress26.5% · 238 votes
International Affairs40% · 150 votes
Government Operations and Politics21.3% · 136 votes
Energy27.9% · 129 votes
Transportation and Public Works38.9% · 54 votes
Labor and Employment36.5% · 52 votes
Armed Forces and National Security27.3% · 44 votes
Education16.3% · 43 votes
Agriculture and Food19% · 42 votes
Taxation12.2% · 41 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance27.8% · 36 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources26.5% · 34 votes
Law23.3% · 30 votes
Commerce16% · 25 votes
Environmental Protection44% · 25 votes
Health12.5% · 24 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement10% · 20 votes
Housing and Community Development35% · 20 votes
District of Columbia26.7% · 15 votes
Social Welfare6.7% · 15 votes
Industrial relations35.7% · 14 votes
Mines and mineral resources50% · 14 votes
Finance and Financial Sector30.8% · 13 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9 votes
Lobbying— · 9 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 8 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Private Legislation— · 7 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 6 votes
Black lung— · 6 votes
Electronic surveillance— · 6 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Public works— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 4 votes
Income tax— · 4 votes
Municipal finance— · 4 votes
Native Americans— · 4 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
Embargo— · 3 votes
Families— · 3 votes
Financial disclosure— · 3 votes
Government securities— · 3 votes
Home repair and improvement— · 3 votes
Indian claims— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Political participation— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3 votes
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 2 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Contested elections— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Immigration— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Museums— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Territories (U.S.)— · 2 votes
Water Resources Development— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Aquaculture— · 1 vote
Barber and beauty shops— · 1 vote
Chemicals— · 1 vote
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Cultural centers— · 1 vote
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Domestic relations— · 1 vote
Droughts— · 1 vote
Emergency Management— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Impeachments— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Political representation— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Refugees— · 1 vote
Rehabilitation— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote

They also voted in 72 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Earthquakes, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Import restrictions, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Rural conditions, Salaries, Social Sciences and History, Solar energy, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

9 Congresses
88th · 196396th · 1979
Republican · House · NY88th–96th
Term datesexact
Members · New York
JW

John Waldemar Wydler

Representative from New York
HOUSER1963–19819 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
28.1%with Democrats
of 2,634 votes · 71.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested28%of 2,634 · combined
Steepest move−17 pts1969→71, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019631979
1979–80 · 96th · Republican · of 474 votes24.1%

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Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. 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 · 474 contested votes scored in the 96th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance22.4% · 392
Congress26.5% · 238
International Affairs40% · 150
Government Operations and Politics21.3% · 136
Energy27.9% · 129
Transportation and Public Works38.9% · 54
Labor and Employment36.5% · 52
Armed Forces and National Security27.3% · 44
Education16.3% · 43
Agriculture and Food19% · 42
Taxation12.2% · 41
Foreign Trade and International Finance27.8% · 36
Public Lands and Natural Resources26.5% · 34
Law23.3% · 30
Commerce16% · 25
Environmental Protection44% · 25
Health12.5% · 24
Crime and Law Enforcement10% · 20
Housing and Community Development35% · 20
District of Columbia26.7% · 15
Social Welfare6.7% · 15
Industrial relations35.7% · 14
Mines and mineral resources50% · 14
Finance and Financial Sector30.8% · 13
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9
Lobbying— · 9
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 8
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8
Depletion allowances— · 7
Private Legislation— · 7
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 6
Black lung— · 6
Electronic surveillance— · 6
Mortgages— · 6
Public works— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Constitutional amendments— · 4
Income tax— · 4
Municipal finance— · 4
Native Americans— · 4
Coins and coinage— · 3
Credit— · 3
Embargo— · 3
Families— · 3
Financial disclosure— · 3
Government securities— · 3
Home repair and improvement— · 3
Indian claims— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Political participation— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 2
Conferences— · 2
Contested elections— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Immigration— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Museums— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Real property— · 2
Territories (U.S.)— · 2
Water Resources Development— · 2
Youth— · 2
Aquaculture— · 1
Barber and beauty shops— · 1
Chemicals— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Cultural centers— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Domestic relations— · 1
Droughts— · 1
Emergency Management— · 1
Gold— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Impeachments— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Noise— · 1
Political representation— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Rehabilitation— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1

Also voted in 72 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Earthquakes, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Import restrictions, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Rural conditions, Salaries, Social Sciences and History, Solar energy, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

88th · 196396th · 1979
Republican88th–96th

Party switchers

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