James Franklin Battin

Representative from Montana

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1961–1971ID B000241

LegislationHEADLINE

12%with Dems

of 561 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

12%with Dems

of 561 · both combined

Steepest move

−10 pts

1967 → 1969

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 ↓19611967

1969–7091st Congress

Sat as a Republican

0%with Democrats

of 5 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1967 → 1969, −10 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

Feb 18, 1969H.Res. 89No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 5, 1969H.Con.Res. 124No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Con.Res. 124), 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

Jan 6, 1969noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Jan 3, 1969H.Res. 2No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jan 3, 1969H.Res. 1No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Jan 3, 1969H.Res. 1No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 5 contested votes scored in the 91st 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

5 Congresses

87th · 196191st · 1969

Republican · House · MT87th–91st

Term datesexact

James Franklin Battin

Representative from Montana

HOUSER1961–19715 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

11.8%with Democrats

of 561 votes · 88.2% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested12%of 561 · combined

Steepest move−10 pts1967→69, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019611969

1969–70 · 91st · Republican · of 5 votes0%

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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 · 5 contested votes scored in the 91st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

87th · 196191st · 1969

Republican87th–91st

Party switchers

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