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Cleveland Monroe Bailey

Representative from West Virginia
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1945–1963ID B000035
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LegislationHEADLINE
86%with Dems
of 730 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
86%with Dems
of 730 · both combined
Steepest move
−11 pts
1951 → 1953
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 ↓194519511957
1961–6287th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
85.5%with Democrats
of 110 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1951 → 1953, −11 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
Oct 11, 1962S. 3451No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 10, 1962H.R. 8952No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 6, 1962H.R. 13175No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM 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
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Oct 4, 1962H.R. 4670No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 4, 1962S. 1123No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 4, 1962H.Res. 803No 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 recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 110 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

8 Congresses
79th · 194587th · 1961
Democrat · House · WV79th–87th
Term datesexact
Members · West Virginia
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Cleveland Monroe Bailey

Representative from West Virginia
HOUSED1945–19638 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
85.9%with Democrats
of 730 votes · 14.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested86%of 730 · combined
Steepest move−11 pts1951→53, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019451961
1961–62 · 87th · Democrat · of 110 votes85.5%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 110 contested votes scored in the 87th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

79th · 194587th · 1961
Democrat79th–87th

Party switchers

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