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Katharine Edgar Byron

Representative from Maryland
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1941–1943ID B001222
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LegislationHEADLINE
97%with Dems
of 33 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
97%with Dems
of 33 · both combined

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 ↓1941
1941–4277th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
97%with Democrats
of 33 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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
Oct 17, 1942H.R. 7528No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 9, 1942H.R. 7416No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 9, 1942H.R. 7416No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 7416), 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 29, 1942H.R. 6845No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 26, 1942H.R. 6709No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 26, 1942H.R. 6709No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 26, 1942H.R. 6709No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 25, 1942H.R. 6845No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 23, 1942H.R. 7280No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 33 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

1 Congresses
77th · 1941
Democrat · House · MD77th–77th
Term datesexact
Members · Maryland
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Katharine Edgar Byron

Representative from Maryland
HOUSED1941–19431 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
97%with Democrats
of 33 votes · 3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested97%of 33 · combined

Career arc

10050019411941
1941–42 · 77th · Democrat · of 33 votes97%

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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 · 33 contested votes scored in the 77th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

77th · 194177th · 1941
Democrat77th–77th

Party switchers

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