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Richard Thompson Buckler

Representative from Minnesota
HOUSEOTHER PARTY1935–1943ID B001023
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LegislationHEADLINE
69%with Dems
of 385 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
69%with Dems
of 385 · both combined
Steepest move
+16 pts
1937 → 1939
under one label

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 ↓19351941
1941–4277th Congress
Sat under another party label
75.7%with Democrats
of 37 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1937 → 1939, +16 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
Jul 20, 1942H.R. 7378No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 15, 1942H.R. 7239No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 15, 1942H.R. 6709No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 6709), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
Jun 3, 1942H.J.Res. 320No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 11, 1942H.Res. 420No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 24, 1942H.R. 6446No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 17, 1942H.R. 6611No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 9, 1942H.R. 6548No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jan 29, 1942H.R. 6359No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 37 contested votes scored in the 77th 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
74th · 193577th · 1941
Other party · House · MN74th–77th
Term datesexact
Members · Minnesota
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Richard Thompson Buckler

Representative from Minnesota
HOUSEO1935–19434 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
69.4%with Democrats
of 385 votes · 30.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested69%of 385 · combined
Steepest move+16 pts1937→39, under another label

Career arc

10050019351941
1941–42 · 77th · Other party · of 37 votes75.7%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 37 contested votes scored in the 77th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

74th · 193577th · 1941
Other party74th–77th

Party switchers

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