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Bruce Reynolds Alger

Representative from Texas
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1955–1965ID A000106
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LegislationHEADLINE
7%with Dems
of 470 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
7%with Dems
of 470 · both combined
Steepest move
−9 pts
1959 → 1961
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 ↓19551961
1963–6488th Congress
Sat as a Republican
2.6%with Democrats
of 114 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1959 → 1961, −9 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
Oct 3, 1964H.R. 12633No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 1, 1964S. 3060No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Oct 1, 1964H.Res. 892No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 892), 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
Sep 23, 1964H.R. 1096No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Sep 22, 1964H.R. 12633No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Sep 3, 1964S. 2220No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Sep 3, 1964H.R. 12298No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Aug 20, 1964H.R. 9586No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 19, 1964H.Res. 845No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 114 contested votes scored in the 88th 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

5 Congresses
84th · 195588th · 1963
Republican · House · TX84th–88th
Term datesexact
Members · Texas
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Bruce Reynolds Alger

Representative from Texas
HOUSER1955–19655 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
6.6%with Democrats
of 470 votes · 93.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested7%of 470 · combined
Steepest move−9 pts1959→61, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019551963
1963–64 · 88th · Republican · of 114 votes2.6%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 114 contested votes scored in the 88th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

84th · 195588th · 1963
Republican84th–88th

Party switchers

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