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Bruce Barton

Representative from New York
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1937–1941ID B000211
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LegislationHEADLINE
16%with Dems
of 166 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
16%with Dems
of 166 · both combined
Steepest move
+2 pts
1937 → 1939
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 ↓1937
1939–4076th Congress
Sat as a Republican
16.8%with Democrats
of 125 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1937 → 1939, +2 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 18, 1940H.R. 6324No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 2, 1940H.R. 6324No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Nov 19, 1940H.Con.Res. 93No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Con.Res. 93), 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
Nov 19, 1940H.R. 960No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Sep 14, 1940S. 4164No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 14, 1940H.R. 10361No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Sep 7, 1940H.R. 10132No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 7, 1940H.R. 10132No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 7, 1940H.R. 10132No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 125 contested votes scored in the 76th 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
75th · 193776th · 1939
Republican · House · NY75th–76th
Term datesexact
Members · New York
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Bruce Barton

Representative from New York
HOUSER1937–19412 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
16.3%with Democrats
of 166 votes · 83.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested16%of 166 · combined
Steepest move+2 pts1937→39, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019371939
1939–40 · 76th · Republican · of 125 votes16.8%

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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
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Latest 6 shown · 125 contested votes scored in the 76th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

75th · 193776th · 1939
Republican75th–76th

Party switchers

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