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Roy Elmer Ayers

Representative from Montana
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1933–1937ID A000352
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LegislationHEADLINE
77%with Dems
of 199 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
77%with Dems
of 199 · both combined
Steepest move
+19 pts
1933 → 1935
still a Democrat

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 ↓1933
1935–3674th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
86.5%with Democrats
of 104 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1933 → 1935, +19 pts — while still a Democrat.
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
Jun 3, 1936H.R. 8455No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 2, 1936H.R. 11687No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 22, 1936S. 3398No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3398), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
May 22, 1936S. 3531No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 19, 1936H.R. 11214No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 19, 1936H.R. 11214No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
May 19, 1936H.R. 11214No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
May 14, 1936H.Res. 514No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 14, 1936H.R. 10919No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 104 contested votes scored in the 74th 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
73rd · 193374th · 1935
Democrat · House · MT73rd–74th
Term datesexact
Members · Montana
RA

Roy Elmer Ayers

Representative from Montana
HOUSED1933–19372 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
77.4%with Democrats
of 199 votes · 22.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested77%of 199 · combined
Steepest move+19 pts1933→35, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019331935
1935–36 · 74th · Democrat · of 104 votes86.5%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 104 contested votes scored in the 74th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

73rd · 193374th · 1935
Democrat73rd–74th

Party switchers

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