CB
Charles Jasper Bell
Representative from MissouriHOUSEDEMOCRAT1935–1949ID B000332
LegislationHEADLINE
73%with Dems
of 503 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
73%with Dems
of 503 · both combined
Steepest move
−20 pts
1941 → 1943
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 ↓193519411947
1947–4880th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
58.5%with Democrats
of 53 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1941 → 1943, −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
Aug 7, 1948H.Res. 711LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 7, 1948H.Res. 709LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 5, 1948S.J.Res. 157LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.J.Res. 157), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Aug 4, 1948H.Res. 707LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 20, 1948H.R. 6801LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 19, 1948S. 2655LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 19, 1948H.R. 6481LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 18, 1948H.R. 6959LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 18, 1948S. 2242LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 53 contested votes scored in the 80th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
7 Congresses74th · 193580th · 1947
Democrat · House · MO74th–80th
Term datesexact