Jackson Edward Betts

Representative from Ohio

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1951–1973ID B000426

LegislationHEADLINE

7%with Dems

of 1,318 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

7%with Dems

of 1,318 · both combined

Steepest move

−10 pts

1959 → 1961

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

1971–7292nd Congress

Sat as a Republican

8.6%with Democrats

of 186 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1959 → 1961, −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

Oct 17, 1972H.R. 16810No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Oct 17, 1972H.R. 1No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 14, 1972H.R. 1166No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 1166), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Oct 14, 1972H.J.Res. 1331No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 14, 1972S. 4062No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 14, 1972H.Res. 1147No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 14, 1972H.R. 12006No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 14, 1972H.R. 17034No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 14, 1972noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 186 contested votes scored in the 92nd 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

11 Congresses

82nd · 195192nd · 1971

Republican · House · OH82nd–92nd

Term datesexact

Jackson Edward Betts

Representative from Ohio

HOUSER1951–197311 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

6.7%with Democrats

of 1,318 votes · 93.3% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested7%of 1,318 · combined

Steepest move−10 pts1959→61, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019511971

1971–72 · 92nd · Republican · of 186 votes8.6%

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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 majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 186 contested votes scored in the 92nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

82nd · 195192nd · 1971

Republican82nd–92nd

Party switchers

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