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Ellis Yarnal Berry
Representative from South DakotaHOUSEREPUBLICAN1951–1971ID B000416
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. 1146LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 21, 1970H.J.Res. 1146LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 19, 1970S. 578LEGISLATIONNAYREP 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. 19436LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 18, 1970H.R. 19504LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1970noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 17, 1970H.R. 17809LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 17, 1970S. 2193LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 17, 1970S. 1181LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 96 contested votes scored in the 91st 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
10 Congresses82nd · 195191st · 1969
Republican · House · SD82nd–91st
Term datesexact