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Hamer Harold Budge

Representative from Idaho
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1951–1961ID B001035
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LegislationHEADLINE
9%with Dems
of 418 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
9%with Dems
of 418 · 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
1959–6086th Congress
Sat as a Republican
9.4%with Democrats
of 96 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 31, 1960H.R. 13161No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 31, 1960H.R. 13161No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 26, 1960H.R. 12580No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12580), 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
Aug 24, 1960S.J.Res. 170No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Aug 24, 1960H.Res. 587No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Aug 23, 1960H.Res. 611No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 23, 1960H.Res. 607No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 22, 1960H.R. 9866No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 22, 1960H.R. 5383No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 96 contested votes scored in the 86th 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

5 Congresses
82nd · 195186th · 1959
Republican · House · ID82nd–86th
Term datesexact
Members · Idaho
HB

Hamer Harold Budge

Representative from Idaho
HOUSER1951–19615 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
9.3%with Democrats
of 418 votes · 90.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested9%of 418 · combined
Steepest move+5 pts1953→55, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019511959
1959–60 · 86th · Republican · of 96 votes9.4%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 96 contested votes scored in the 86th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

82nd · 195186th · 1959
Republican82nd–86th

Party switchers

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