Perkins Bass

Representative from New Hampshire

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1955–1963ID B000222

LegislationHEADLINE

24%with Dems

of 341 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

24%with Dems

of 341 · both combined

Steepest move

−13 pts

1955 → 1957

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 ↓19551961

1961–6287th Congress

Sat as a Republican

20.8%with Democrats

of 96 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1955 → 1957, −13 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

Oct 4, 1962S. 1123No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Oct 4, 1962H.Res. 803No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Oct 4, 1962H.R. 12648No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12648), 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

Open roll call

Oct 4, 1962S. 1552No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 4, 1962H.R. 11970No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 3, 1962H.R. 13273No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Oct 3, 1962H.Res. 823No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 2, 1962H.Res. 822No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Aug 29, 1962H.R. 10113No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 96 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

4 Congresses

84th · 195587th · 1961

Republican · House · NH84th–87th

Term datesexact

Perkins Bass

Representative from New Hampshire

HOUSER1955–19634 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

24.3%with Democrats

of 341 votes · 75.7% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested24%of 341 · combined

Steepest move−13 pts1955→57, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019551961

1961–62 · 87th · Republican · of 96 votes20.8%

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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 majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 96 contested votes scored in the 87th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

84th · 195587th · 1961

Republican84th–87th

Party switchers

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