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Herman Carl Andersen

Representative from Minnesota
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1939–1963ID A000179
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LegislationHEADLINE
18%with Dems
of 1,125 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
18%with Dems
of 1,125 · both combined
Steepest move
+19 pts
1945 → 1947
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 ↓1939194519511957
1961–6287th Congress
Sat as a Republican
20%with Democrats
of 105 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1945 → 1947, +19 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 13, 1962H.R. 12900No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Oct 11, 1962S. 3451No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 6, 1962H.R. 13175No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 13175), 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
Oct 5, 1962S. 1447No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · 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. 12648No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 4, 1962S. 1552No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 4, 1962H.R. 11970No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 105 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

12 Congresses
76th · 193987th · 1961
Republican · House · MN76th–87th
Term datesexact
Members · Minnesota
HA

Herman Carl Andersen

Representative from Minnesota
HOUSER1939–196312 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
17.9%with Democrats
of 1,125 votes · 82.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested18%of 1,125 · combined
Steepest move+19 pts1945→47, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019391961
1961–62 · 87th · Republican · of 105 votes20%

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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 · 105 contested votes scored in the 87th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

76th · 193987th · 1961
Republican76th–87th

Party switchers

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