Charles Bruce Brownson

Representative from Indiana

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1951–1959ID B000964

LegislationHEADLINE

19%with Dems

of 299 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

19%with Dems

of 299 · both combined

Steepest move

−5 pts

1953 → 1955

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 ↓19511957

1957–5885th Congress

Sat as a Republican

15.4%with Democrats

of 78 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1953 → 1955, −5 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 23, 1958H.R. 13247No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Aug 23, 1958H.R. 13489No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 18, 1958H.R. 13067No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 13067), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

NAYSided with the Republican majority

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Aug 18, 1958S. 3974No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Aug 18, 1958S. 4035No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Aug 15, 1958S. 3683No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Aug 8, 1958H.R. 13247No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Aug 7, 1958H.Res. 675No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Aug 6, 1958S. 4071No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 78 contested votes scored in the 85th 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

4 Congresses

82nd · 195185th · 1957

Republican · House · IN82nd–85th

Term datesexact

Charles Bruce Brownson

Representative from Indiana

HOUSER1951–19594 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

19.1%with Democrats

of 299 votes · 80.9% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested19%of 299 · combined

Steepest move−5 pts1953→55, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019511957

1957–58 · 85th · Republican · of 78 votes15.4%

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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 majorityNay

Counts toward scoreYes

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Latest 6 shown · 78 contested votes scored in the 85th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

82nd · 195185th · 1957

Republican82nd–85th

Party switchers

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