HB
Howard Henry Baker
Representative from TennesseeHOUSEREPUBLICAN1951–1965ID B000062
LegislationHEADLINE
33%with Dems
of 565 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
33%with Dems
of 565 · both combined
Steepest move
−20 pts
1959 → 1961
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 ↓195119571963
1963–6488th Congress
Sat as a Republican
30.4%with Democrats
of 56 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1959 → 1961, −20 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
Dec 24, 1963H.R. 9499LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 23, 1963H.R. 9499LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 21, 1963H.R. 9499LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 9499), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Dec 19, 1963H.J.Res. 875LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 17, 1963H.R. 8667LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 16, 1963H.R. 9499LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 16, 1963H.R. 9499LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 13, 1963H.R. 9139LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 12, 1963H.R. 4955LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 56 contested votes scored in the 88th 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
7 Congresses82nd · 195188th · 1963
Republican · House · TN82nd–88th
Term datesexact