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Ellis Yarnal Berry

Representative from South Dakota
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1951–1971ID B000416
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LegislationHEADLINE
12%with Dems
of 1,075 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
12%with Dems
of 1,075 · both combined
Steepest move
+10 pts
1951 → 1953
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 ↓1951195719631969
1969–7091st Congress
Sat as a Republican
12.5%with Democrats
of 96 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1951 → 1953, +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
Dec 21, 1970H.J.Res. 1146No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 21, 1970H.J.Res. 1146No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 19, 1970S. 578No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 578), 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 19, 1970H.R. 19436No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 18, 1970H.R. 19504No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1970noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 17, 1970H.R. 17809No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 17, 1970S. 2193No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 17, 1970S. 1181No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 96 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

10 Congresses
82nd · 195191st · 1969
Republican · House · SD82nd–91st
Term datesexact
Members · South Dakota
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Ellis Yarnal Berry

Representative from South Dakota
HOUSER1951–197110 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
12.2%with Democrats
of 1,075 votes · 87.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested12%of 1,075 · combined
Steepest move+10 pts1951→53, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019511969
1969–70 · 91st · Republican · of 96 votes12.5%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 96 contested votes scored in the 91st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

82nd · 195191st · 1969
Republican82nd–91st

Party switchers

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