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Frank Buchanan
Representative from PennsylvaniaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1945–1953ID B001002
LegislationHEADLINE
93%with Dems
of 237 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
93%with Dems
of 237 · both combined
Steepest move
−8 pts
1945 → 1947
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 ↓19451951
1951–5282nd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
90%with Democrats
of 10 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1945 → 1947, −8 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
Apr 18, 1951H.R. 3709LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 21, 1951H.R. 3282LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 14, 1951H.Res. 166LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 166), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Mar 14, 1951H.Res. 142LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 13, 1951H.R. 1545LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 7, 1951H.R. 2516LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 7, 1951H.R. 1612LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 24, 1951H.R. 1LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 23, 1951H.R. 1724LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 10 contested votes scored in the 82nd CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
4 Congresses79th · 194582nd · 1951
Democrat · House · PA79th–82nd
Term datesexact