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Robert Selmer Bergland

Representative from Minnesota
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1971–1979ID B000408
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LegislationHEADLINE
90%with Dems
of 1,105 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
90%with Dems
of 1,105 · both combined
Steepest move
+9 pts
1975 → 1977
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 ↓19711977
1977–7895th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
100%with Democrats
of 1 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1975 → 1977, +9 pts — while still a Democrat.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

1 of these 1 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
Jan 4, 1977noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
1 most recent roll calls shown · 1 contested votes scored in the 95th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance92.9% · 156 votes
Congress92.6% · 94 votes
Energy89.7% · 87 votes
Government Operations and Politics80.3% · 61 votes
International Affairs97.1% · 35 votes
Agriculture and Food81.5% · 27 votes
Armed Forces and National Security92.6% · 27 votes
Transportation and Public Works74.1% · 27 votes
Labor and Employment88.5% · 26 votes
Taxation100% · 22 votes
Law100% · 18 votes
Commerce100% · 16 votes
District of Columbia100% · 15 votes
Mines and mineral resources100% · 14 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources85.7% · 14 votes
Health91.7% · 12 votes
Education100% · 11 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement90% · 10 votes
Environmental Protection100% · 10 votes
Housing and Community Development70% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Lobbying— · 9 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes
Finance and Financial Sector— · 8 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 6 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Private Legislation— · 4 votes
Social Welfare— · 4 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Public works— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Mortgages— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Chemicals— · 1 vote
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Emergency Management— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Industrial relations— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Native Americans— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Refugees— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote
Territories (U.S.)— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 42 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Lakes, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Right of privacy, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses, Youth.

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

Service record

4 Congresses
92nd · 197195th · 1977
Democrat · House · MN92nd–95th
Term datesexact
Members · Minnesota
RB

Robert Selmer Bergland

Representative from Minnesota
HOUSED1971–19794 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
89.8%with Democrats
of 1,105 votes · 10.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested90%of 1,105 · combined
Steepest move+9 pts1975→77, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019711977
1977–78 · 95th · Democrat · of 1 votes100%

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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.
Latest 1 shown · 1 contested votes scored in the 95th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance92.9% · 156
Congress92.6% · 94
Energy89.7% · 87
Government Operations and Politics80.3% · 61
International Affairs97.1% · 35
Agriculture and Food81.5% · 27
Armed Forces and National Security92.6% · 27
Transportation and Public Works74.1% · 27
Labor and Employment88.5% · 26
Taxation100% · 22
Law100% · 18
Commerce100% · 16
District of Columbia100% · 15
Mines and mineral resources100% · 14
Public Lands and Natural Resources85.7% · 14
Health91.7% · 12
Education100% · 11
Crime and Law Enforcement90% · 10
Environmental Protection100% · 10
Housing and Community Development70% · 10
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Lobbying— · 9
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9
Finance and Financial Sector— · 8
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8
Depletion allowances— · 7
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 6
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Private Legislation— · 4
Social Welfare— · 4
Coins and coinage— · 3
Credit— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Public works— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Conferences— · 2
Constitutional amendments— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Mortgages— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Real property— · 2
Chemicals— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Emergency Management— · 1
Gold— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Industrial relations— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Native Americans— · 1
Noise— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1
Territories (U.S.)— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 42 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Lakes, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Right of privacy, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses, Youth.

Service record

92nd · 197195th · 1977
Democrat92nd–95th

Party switchers

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