Harry Peter Beam

Representative from Illinois

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1931–1943ID B000274

LegislationHEADLINE

82%with Dems

of 485 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

82%with Dems

of 485 · both combined

Steepest move

+20 pts

1931 → 1933

still a Democrat

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 ↓19311937

1941–4277th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

84.3%with Democrats

of 51 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1931 → 1933, +20 pts — while still a Democrat.

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

Nov 24, 1942H.R. 7096No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Oct 17, 1942H.R. 7528No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 13, 1942H.R. 1024No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 1024), 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 12, 1942H.Res. 110No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 23, 1942H.R. 7565No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Sep 23, 1942H.R. 7565No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jul 23, 1942H.Res. 528No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 51 contested votes scored in the 77th 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

72nd · 193177th · 1941

Democrat · House · IL72nd–77th

Term datesexact

Harry Peter Beam

Representative from Illinois

HOUSED1931–19436 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

82.3%with Democrats

of 485 votes · 17.7% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested82%of 485 · combined

Steepest move+20 pts1931→33, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019311941

1941–42 · 77th · Democrat · of 51 votes84.3%

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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 majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 51 contested votes scored in the 77th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

72nd · 193177th · 1941

Democrat72nd–77th

Party switchers

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