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Joseph Edward Baird

Representative from Ohio
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1929–1931ID B000054
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LegislationHEADLINE
16%with Dems
of 51 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
16%with Dems
of 51 · both combined

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 ↓1929
1929–3071st Congress
Sat as a Republican
15.7%with Democrats
of 51 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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
Mar 3, 1931S. 6255No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1931S. 6046No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1931H.J.Res. 500No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 500), 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
Feb 28, 1931S. 4586No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 26, 1931H.R. 17054No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1931H.R. 16836No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 25, 1931H.R. 16982No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1931H.R. 16982No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1931S.J.Res. 3No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 51 contested votes scored in the 71st 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

1 Congresses
71st · 1929
Republican · House · OH71st–71st
Term datesexact
Members · Ohio
JB

Joseph Edward Baird

Representative from Ohio
HOUSER1929–19311 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
15.7%with Democrats
of 51 votes · 84.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested16%of 51 · combined

Career arc

10050019291929
1929–30 · 71st · Republican · of 51 votes15.7%

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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
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Latest 6 shown · 51 contested votes scored in the 71st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

71st · 192971st · 1929
Republican71st–71st

Party switchers

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