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Claude Ignatius Bakewell

Representative from Missouri
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1947–1953ID B000080
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LegislationHEADLINE
36%with Dems
of 163 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
36%with Dems
of 163 · both combined
Steepest move
+30 pts
1947 → 1951
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 ↓1947
1951–5282nd Congress
Sat as a Republican
49.5%with Democrats
of 91 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1947 → 1951, +30 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
Jul 4, 1952H.R. 7656No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 4, 1952S. 3066No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 3, 1952H.R. 7289No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 7289), 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
Jun 30, 1952H.Res. 718No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 28, 1952S. 2594No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 28, 1952H.R. 8370No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 26, 1952H.R. 7072No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 26, 1952H.R. 5678No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 26, 1952H.R. 8210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 91 contested votes scored in the 82nd 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
80th · 194782nd · 1951
Republican · House · MO80th–82nd
Term datesexact
Members · Missouri
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Claude Ignatius Bakewell

Representative from Missouri
HOUSER1947–19532 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
36.2%with Democrats
of 163 votes · 63.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested36%of 163 · combined
Steepest move+30 pts1947→51, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019471951
1951–52 · 82nd · Republican · of 91 votes49.5%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 91 contested votes scored in the 82nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

80th · 194782nd · 1951
Republican80th–82nd

Party switchers

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