Thomas Dale Alford

Representative from Arkansas

HOUSEINDEPENDENT→DEMOCRAT1959–1963ID A000105

LegislationHEADLINE

49%with Dems

of 180 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

49%with Dems

of 180 · both combined

Steepest move

−34 pts

1959 → 1961

the label changed

Changed parties

87th

I → D · 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 ↓1959I→D · 87th

1961–6287th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

32.6%with Democrats

of 95 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1959 → 1961, −34 pts — the Congress the label changed.

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

Oct 11, 1962S. 3451No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 10, 1962H.R. 8952No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 10, 1962H.R. 12580No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12580), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Oct 10, 1962H.Res. 831No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 6, 1962H.R. 13175No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Oct 5, 1962S. 1447No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Oct 5, 1962H.Con.Res. 570No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 5, 1962H.R. 7972No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 4, 1962H.R. 4670No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 95 contested votes scored in the 87th 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

2 Congresses

86th · 195987th · 1961

Independent · House · AR86th–86th

Democrat · House · AR87th–87th

Term datesexact

Thomas Dale Alford

Representative from Arkansas

HOUSEI→D1959–19632 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

48.9%with Democrats

of 180 votes · 51.1% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested49%of 180 · combined

Steepest move−34 pts1959→61, as a Democrat

Changed parties87thI→D

Career arc

100500I→D19591961

1961–62 · 87th · Democrat · of 95 votes32.6%

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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 majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 95 contested votes scored in the 87th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

86th · 195987th · 1961

Independent86th–86th

Democrat87th–87th

Other party switchers

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