Alvin Ray Bush

Representative from Pennsylvania

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1951–1961ID B001165

LegislationHEADLINE

10%with Dems

of 361 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

10%with Dems

of 361 · both combined

Steepest move

−17 pts

1957 → 1959

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

4.3%with Democrats

of 46 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1957 → 1959, −17 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

Sep 15, 1959H.R. 8385No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 10, 1959H.R. 9105No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 9105), 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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Sep 9, 1959S. 2208No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Sep 8, 1959H.R. 9069No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 8, 1959H.R. 9015No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Sep 8, 1959H.J.Res. 352No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Sep 4, 1959H.R. 9035No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 4, 1959H.R. 9035No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 46 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 · PA82nd–86th

Term datesexact

Alvin Ray Bush

Representative from Pennsylvania

HOUSER1951–19615 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

9.7%with Democrats

of 361 votes · 90.3% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested10%of 361 · combined

Steepest move−17 pts1957→59, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019511959

1959–60 · 86th · Republican · of 46 votes4.3%

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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 · 46 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 · 40th Wesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105th Ben Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th