Frank Townsend Bow

Representative from Ohio

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1951–1973ID B000676

LegislationHEADLINE

10%with Dems

of 1,261 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

10%with Dems

of 1,261 · both combined

Steepest move

−11 pts

1963 → 1965

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

9.7%with Democrats

of 185 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1963 → 1965, −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

Oct 14, 1972H.J.Res. 1331No 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

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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

Open roll call

Oct 13, 1972S. 1478No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Oct 12, 1972H.R. 14989No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 12, 1972H.R. 16754No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 12, 1972H.R. 16593No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 12, 1972H.R. 14370No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 185 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

Frank Townsend Bow

Representative from Ohio

HOUSER1951–197311 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

9.8%with Democrats

of 1,261 votes · 90.2% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested10%of 1,261 · combined

Steepest move−11 pts1963→65, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019511971

1971–72 · 92nd · Republican · of 185 votes9.7%

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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 · 185 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