George Joseph Bates

Representative from Massachusetts

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1937–1951ID B000232

LegislationHEADLINE

15%with Dems

of 569 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

15%with Dems

of 569 · both combined

Steepest move

−21 pts

1945 → 1947

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 ↓193719431949

1949–5081st Congress

Sat as a Republican

20.3%with Democrats

of 64 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1945 → 1947, −21 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 17, 1949S. 2105No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Oct 14, 1949S. 1008No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Oct 14, 1949S. 1008No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 1008), 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

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Oct 13, 1949H.Res. 390No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 13, 1949H.R. 1370No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 11, 1949H.R. 6008No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Oct 10, 1949H.R. 4146No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 6, 1949H.R. 3734No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 64 contested votes scored in the 81st 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

7 Congresses

75th · 193781st · 1949

Republican · House · MA75th–81st

Term datesexact

George Joseph Bates

Representative from Massachusetts

HOUSER1937–19517 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

15.1%with Democrats

of 569 votes · 84.9% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested15%of 569 · combined

Steepest move−21 pts1945→47, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019371949

1949–50 · 81st · Republican · of 64 votes20.3%

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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 · 64 contested votes scored in the 81st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

75th · 193781st · 1949

Republican75th–81st

Party switchers

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