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August Herman Andresen

Representative from Minnesota
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1925–1959ID A000239
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LegislationHEADLINE
14%with Dems
of 1,265 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
14%with Dems
of 1,265 · both combined
Steepest move
+15 pts
1951 → 1953
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 ↓192519311937194319491955
1957–5885th Congress
Sat as a Republican
19.6%with Democrats
of 46 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1951 → 1953, +15 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
Aug 30, 1957H.R. 9302No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Aug 30, 1957S. 2377No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 28, 1957S. 2792No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2792), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Aug 27, 1957H.R. 7915No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 27, 1957H.Res. 410No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 27, 1957H.Res. 410No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 23, 1957H.Res. 409No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 23, 1957S. 2229No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 23, 1957H.R. 9131No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 46 contested votes scored in the 85th 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

16 Congresses
69th · 192585th · 1957
Republican · House · MN69th–85th
Term datesexact
Members · Minnesota
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August Herman Andresen

Representative from Minnesota
HOUSER1925–195916 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
13.7%with Democrats
of 1,265 votes · 86.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested14%of 1,265 · combined
Steepest move+15 pts1951→53, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019251957
1957–58 · 85th · Republican · of 46 votes19.6%

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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 · 46 contested votes scored in the 85th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

69th · 192585th · 1957
Republican69th–85th

Party switchers

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