RB
Robert Low Bacon
Representative from New YorkHOUSEREPUBLICAN1923–1939ID B000019
LegislationHEADLINE
8%with Dems
of 595 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
8%with Dems
of 595 · both combined
Steepest move
+12 pts
1935 → 1937
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 ↓192319291935
1937–3875th Congress
Sat as a Republican
15.6%with Democrats
of 90 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1935 → 1937, +12 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
Jun 15, 1938H.R. 10530LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 14, 1938H.R. 92LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 14, 1938H.J.Res. 679LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 679), 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
Jun 14, 1938H.J.Res. 679LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 14, 1938S. 2475LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 11, 1938H.R. 521LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 11, 1938S.Con.Res. 31LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 10, 1938H.R. 10238LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 10, 1938H.R. 10238LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 90 contested votes scored in the 75th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
8 Congresses68th · 192375th · 1937
Republican · House · NY68th–75th
Term datesexact