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Henry Louis Bellmon

Senator from Oklahoma
SENATEREPUBLICAN1969–1981ID B000351
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LegislationHEADLINE
23%with Dems
of 2,211 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
23%with Dems
of 2,211 · both combined
Steepest move
+14 pts
1975 → 1977
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 ↓19691975
1979–8096th Congress
Sat as a Republican
40.8%with Democrats
of 429 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1975 → 1977, +14 pts — within one party label.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

9 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Dec 15, 1980noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 15, 1980noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 15, 1980noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
Dec 15, 1980noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 13, 1980noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 13, 1980noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 13, 1980noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 13, 1980S.Res. 562No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 12, 1980noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 429 contested votes scored in the 96th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance35.2% · 250 votes
Government Operations and Politics25.6% · 172 votes
Energy8.5% · 153 votes
Taxation22.1% · 113 votes
Armed Forces and National Security29.5% · 95 votes
International Affairs30.1% · 93 votes
Congress18.8% · 64 votes
Agriculture and Food56.7% · 60 votes
Law18.4% · 49 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources36.7% · 49 votes
Education45.2% · 42 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance32.4% · 34 votes
Labor and Employment20.6% · 34 votes
Transportation and Public Works8.8% · 34 votes
Commerce9.7% · 31 votes
Social Welfare19.2% · 26 votes
Environmental Protection16% · 25 votes
Animals31.8% · 22 votes
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues68.2% · 22 votes
Income tax30% · 20 votes
Depletion allowances10.5% · 19 votes
Housing and Community Development5.3% · 19 votes
Power resources5.9% · 17 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement13.3% · 15 votes
Independent regulatory commissions0% · 15 votes
Health28.6% · 14 votes
Finance and Financial Sector30.8% · 13 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations18.2% · 11 votes
Political participation10% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Political representation— · 9 votes
Solar heating and cooling— · 8 votes
Amnesties— · 7 votes
Economic stabilization— · 7 votes
Public works— · 7 votes
Automobile insurance— · 6 votes
Intergovernmental relations— · 6 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 6 votes
Age and employment— · 5 votes
Black lung— · 5 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 5 votes
Day care— · 5 votes
Mortgages— · 5 votes
Credit— · 4 votes
Embargo— · 4 votes
Industrial relations— · 4 votes
Territories (U.S.)— · 4 votes
Heating— · 3 votes
International monetary system— · 3 votes
Mines and mineral resources— · 3 votes
Range management— · 3 votes
District of Columbia— · 2 votes
Government securities— · 2 votes
Motor vehicles— · 2 votes
Private Legislation— · 2 votes
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Conservation of natural resources— · 1 vote
Dairy industry— · 1 vote
Disaster relief— · 1 vote
Families— · 1 vote
Federal advisory bodies— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental fiscal relations— · 1 vote
Lobbying— · 1 vote
Vietnamese Conflict— · 1 vote

They also voted in 48 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Arts, Culture, Religion, Auditing, Awards, medals, prizes, Child abuse, Child welfare, Commemorations, Congressional-executive relations, Disabled, Droughts, Electronic surveillance, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Explosives, Gambling, Gold, Government corporations, Government publications, Home repair and improvement, Human experimentation in medicine, Immigration, Import restrictions, Interest, Investment guaranty insurance, Lakes, Land use, Lead poisoning, Livestock, Medical supplies, Mobile homes, Monuments and memorials, Municipal finance, Native Americans, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Petroleum industry, Postal rates and revenues, Postal service, Reclamation of land, Refugees, Revenue sharing, Right of privacy, Rivers, Salaries, Ships and shipping, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Water Resources Development.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

6 Congresses
91st · 196996th · 1979
Republican · Senate · OK91st–96th
Term datesexact
Members · Oklahoma
HB

Henry Louis Bellmon

Senator from Oklahoma
SENATER1969–19816 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
23.1%with Democrats
of 2,211 votes · 76.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested23%of 2,211 · combined
Steepest move+14 pts1975→77, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019691979
1979–80 · 96th · Republican · of 429 votes40.8%

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Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. 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
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 429 contested votes scored in the 96th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance35.2% · 250
Government Operations and Politics25.6% · 172
Energy8.5% · 153
Taxation22.1% · 113
Armed Forces and National Security29.5% · 95
International Affairs30.1% · 93
Congress18.8% · 64
Agriculture and Food56.7% · 60
Law18.4% · 49
Public Lands and Natural Resources36.7% · 49
Education45.2% · 42
Foreign Trade and International Finance32.4% · 34
Labor and Employment20.6% · 34
Transportation and Public Works8.8% · 34
Commerce9.7% · 31
Social Welfare19.2% · 26
Environmental Protection16% · 25
Animals31.8% · 22
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues68.2% · 22
Income tax30% · 20
Depletion allowances10.5% · 19
Housing and Community Development5.3% · 19
Power resources5.9% · 17
Crime and Law Enforcement13.3% · 15
Independent regulatory commissions0% · 15
Health28.6% · 14
Finance and Financial Sector30.8% · 13
Congressional-Presidential relations18.2% · 11
Political participation10% · 10
Political representation— · 9
Solar heating and cooling— · 8
Amnesties— · 7
Economic stabilization— · 7
Public works— · 7
Automobile insurance— · 6
Intergovernmental relations— · 6
Science, Technology, Communications— · 6
Age and employment— · 5
Black lung— · 5
Constitutional amendments— · 5
Day care— · 5
Mortgages— · 5
Credit— · 4
Embargo— · 4
Industrial relations— · 4
Territories (U.S.)— · 4
Heating— · 3
International monetary system— · 3
Mines and mineral resources— · 3
Range management— · 3
District of Columbia— · 2
Government securities— · 2
Motor vehicles— · 2
Private Legislation— · 2
Congressional oversight— · 1
Conservation of natural resources— · 1
Dairy industry— · 1
Disaster relief— · 1
Families— · 1
Federal advisory bodies— · 1
Intergovernmental fiscal relations— · 1
Lobbying— · 1
Vietnamese Conflict— · 1

Also voted in 48 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Arts, Culture, Religion, Auditing, Awards, medals, prizes, Child abuse, Child welfare, Commemorations, Congressional-executive relations, Disabled, Droughts, Electronic surveillance, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Explosives, Gambling, Gold, Government corporations, Government publications, Home repair and improvement, Human experimentation in medicine, Immigration, Import restrictions, Interest, Investment guaranty insurance, Lakes, Land use, Lead poisoning, Livestock, Medical supplies, Mobile homes, Monuments and memorials, Municipal finance, Native Americans, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Petroleum industry, Postal rates and revenues, Postal service, Reclamation of land, Refugees, Revenue sharing, Right of privacy, Rivers, Salaries, Ships and shipping, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Water Resources Development.

Service record

91st · 196996th · 1979
Republican91st–96th

Party switchers

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