Cecil William (Runt) Bishop

Representative from Illinois

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1941–1955ID B000486

LegislationHEADLINE

11%with Dems

of 635 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

11%with Dems

of 635 · both combined

Steepest move

+11 pts

1947 → 1949

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 ↓194119471953

1953–5483rd Congress

Sat as a Republican

14.9%with Democrats

of 67 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1947 → 1949, +11 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

Aug 19, 1954H.R. 10051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Aug 17, 1954S. 3706No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Aug 16, 1954S. 3706No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3706), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored

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Aug 9, 1954H.R. 9678No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Aug 9, 1954H.Res. 687No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Aug 9, 1954H.R. 9245No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 9, 1954H.Res. 590No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 4, 1954S. 16No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 30, 1954H.R. 8384No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 67 contested votes scored in the 83rd 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

7 Congresses

77th · 194183rd · 1953

Republican · House · IL77th–83rd

Term datesexact

Cecil William (Runt) Bishop

Representative from Illinois

HOUSER1941–19557 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

11.5%with Democrats

of 635 votes · 88.5% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested11%of 635 · combined

Steepest move+11 pts1947→49, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019411953

1953–54 · 83rd · Republican · of 67 votes14.9%

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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 · 67 contested votes scored in the 83rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

77th · 194183rd · 1953

Republican77th–83rd

Party switchers

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