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Alfred Lee Bulwinkle

Representative from North Carolina
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1921–1951ID B001056
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LegislationHEADLINE
82%with Dems
of 1,053 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
82%with Dems
of 1,053 · both combined
Steepest move
−49 pts
1947 → 1949
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 ↓19211927193319391945
1949–5081st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
22.2%with Democrats
of 9 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1947 → 1949, −49 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
May 3, 1950H.R. 5472No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
May 1, 1950H.R. 7185No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 7, 1950H.R. 49No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 49), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Mar 3, 1950H.R. 331No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1950H.R. 4846No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1950H.R. 4846No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 22, 1950noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 22, 1950noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 15, 1950noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 9 contested votes scored in the 81st 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

14 Congresses
67th · 192181st · 1949
Democrat · House · NC67th–81st
Term datesexact
Members · North Carolina
AB

Alfred Lee Bulwinkle

Representative from North Carolina
HOUSED1921–195114 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
82.3%with Democrats
of 1,053 votes · 17.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested82%of 1,053 · combined
Steepest move−49 pts1947→49, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019211949
1949–50 · 81st · Democrat · of 9 votes22.2%

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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 · 9 contested votes scored in the 81st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

67th · 192181st · 1949
Democrat67th–81st

Party switchers

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