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Richard Ely Bird

Representative from Kansas
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1921–1923ID B000479
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LegislationHEADLINE
16%with Dems
of 184 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
16%with Dems
of 184 · both combined

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 ↓1921
1921–2267th Congress
Sat as a Republican
16.3%with Democrats
of 184 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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
Feb 20, 1923H.R. 13793No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 20, 1923H.R. 14270No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 16, 1923H.Res. 503No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 503), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
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YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Feb 15, 1923H.Res. 503No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 14, 1923noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 13, 1923H.R. 5823No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 13, 1923H.Res. 526No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 9, 1923H.R. 14254No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 9, 1923H.R. 14254No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 184 contested votes scored in the 67th 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

1 Congresses
67th · 1921
Republican · House · KS67th–67th
Term datesexact
Members · Kansas
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Richard Ely Bird

Representative from Kansas
HOUSER1921–19231 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
16.3%with Democrats
of 184 votes · 83.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested16%of 184 · combined

Career arc

10050019211921
1921–22 · 67th · Republican · of 184 votes16.3%

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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
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Latest 6 shown · 184 contested votes scored in the 67th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

67th · 192167th · 1921
Republican67th–67th

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