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Herbert Covington Bonner

Representative from North Carolina
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1939–1967ID B000621
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LegislationHEADLINE
70%with Dems
of 1,099 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
70%with Dems
of 1,099 · both combined
Steepest move
−36 pts
1963 → 1965
still a Democrat

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 ↓19391945195119571963
1965–6689th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
37.7%with Democrats
of 53 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1963 → 1965, −36 pts — while still a Democrat.
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 21, 1965H.R. 11588No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 20, 1965S. 2300No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 20, 1965H.R. 9567No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 9567), 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
Oct 20, 1965H.R. 9567No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 14, 1965H.R. 11588No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 14, 1965H.R. 11588No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Oct 13, 1965H.R. 11135No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 13, 1965H.R. 11135No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 8, 1965H.R. 9811No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 53 contested votes scored in the 89th 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

14 Congresses
76th · 193989th · 1965
Democrat · House · NC76th–89th
Term datesexact
Members · North Carolina
HB

Herbert Covington Bonner

Representative from North Carolina
HOUSED1939–196714 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
69.9%with Democrats
of 1,099 votes · 30.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested70%of 1,099 · combined
Steepest move−36 pts1963→65, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019391965
1965–66 · 89th · Democrat · of 53 votes37.7%

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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 · 53 contested votes scored in the 89th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

76th · 193989th · 1965
Democrat76th–89th

Party switchers

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