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Arthur Laban Bates

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1901–1913ID B000230
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LegislationHEADLINE
2%with Dems
of 507 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
2%with Dems
of 507 · both combined
Steepest move
+3 pts
1901 → 1903
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 ↓19011907
1911–1262nd Congress
Sat as a Republican
1.8%with Democrats
of 57 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1901 → 1903, +3 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
Mar 4, 1913H.R. 28775No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1913H.R. 28812No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1913noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
Mar 3, 1913noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1913H.R. 28858No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1913H.R. 27148No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1913S. 4043No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1913H.R. 28283No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 27, 1913noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 57 contested votes scored in the 62nd 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

6 Congresses
57th · 190162nd · 1911
Republican · House · PA57th–62nd
Term datesexact
Members · Pennsylvania
AB

Arthur Laban Bates

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSER1901–19136 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
2.2%with Democrats
of 507 votes · 97.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested2%of 507 · combined
Steepest move+3 pts1901→03, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019011911
1911–12 · 62nd · Republican · of 57 votes1.8%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 57 contested votes scored in the 62nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

57th · 190162nd · 1911
Republican57th–62nd

Party switchers

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