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Ernest Robinson Ackerman

Representative from New Jersey
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1919–1931ID A000021
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LegislationHEADLINE
8%with Dems
of 558 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
8%with Dems
of 558 · both combined
Steepest move
−4 pts
1925 → 1927
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 ↓19191925
1929–3071st Congress
Sat as a Republican
4.9%with Democrats
of 61 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1925 → 1927, −4 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
Mar 3, 1931noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1931noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1931S. 6255No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 6255), 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
Mar 3, 1931S. 6046No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1931H.J.Res. 500No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1931S. 4586No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1931H.R. 12918No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1931H.R. 17054No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1931H.R. 16836No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 61 contested votes scored in the 71st 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

6 Congresses
66th · 191971st · 1929
Republican · House · NJ66th–71st
Term datesexact
Members · New Jersey
EA

Ernest Robinson Ackerman

Representative from New Jersey
HOUSER1919–19316 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
8.1%with Democrats
of 558 votes · 91.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested8%of 558 · combined
Steepest move−4 pts1925→27, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019191929
1929–30 · 71st · Republican · of 61 votes4.9%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 61 contested votes scored in the 71st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

66th · 191971st · 1929
Republican66th–71st

Party switchers

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