Hugh Leo Carey

Representative from New York

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1961–1975ID C000143

LegislationHEADLINE

91%with Dems

of 1,056 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

91%with Dems

of 1,056 · both combined

Steepest move

−5 pts

1969 → 1971

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 ↓196119671973

1973–7493rd Congress

Sat as a Democrat

89.9%with Democrats

of 238 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1969 → 1971, −5 pts — while still a Democrat.

Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

9 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with

Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 18, 1974S. 3394No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Dec 16, 1974H.R. 16900No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 16900), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

YEASided with the Democratic majority

Open roll call

Dec 13, 1974H.Res. 1496No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Dec 4, 1974H.R. 16900No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Dec 3, 1974H.R. 6191No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Nov 21, 1974S. 386No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Nov 21, 1974H.Res. 1470No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Nov 20, 1974H.R. 6624No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 238 contested votes scored in the 93rd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation

Economics and Public Finance86% · 50 votes

Congress82.9% · 35 votes

Energy100% · 20 votes

Labor and Employment89.5% · 19 votes

Transportation and Public Works100% · 15 votes

District of Columbia91.7% · 12 votes

International Affairs100% · 10 votes

Too few contested votes to score

Government Operations and Politics— · 8 votes

Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6 votes

Armed Forces and National Security— · 5 votes

Law— · 5 votes

Commemorations— · 4 votes

Health— · 4 votes

Congressional-executive relations— · 3 votes

Crime and Law Enforcement— · 3 votes

Environmental Protection— · 3 votes

Housing and Community Development— · 3 votes

Agriculture and Food— · 2 votes

Arts, Culture, Religion— · 2 votes

Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 2 votes

Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 2 votes

Real property— · 2 votes

Commerce— · 1 vote

Education— · 1 vote

Immigration— · 1 vote

Monuments and memorials— · 1 vote

Petroleum industry— · 1 vote

Private Legislation— · 1 vote

Public works— · 1 vote

Social Welfare— · 1 vote

Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 31 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Coins and coinage, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Gold, Impeachments, Livestock, Lotteries, Mines and mineral resources, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Right of privacy, Rivers, Science, Technology, Communications, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Vietnamese Conflict, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

7 Congresses

87th · 196193rd · 1973

Democrat · House · NY87th–93rd

Term datesexact

Hugh Leo Carey

Representative from New York

HOUSED1961–19757 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

91.1%with Democrats

of 1,056 votes · 8.9% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested91%of 1,056 · combined

Steepest move−5 pts1969→71, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019611973

1973–74 · 93rd · Democrat · of 238 votes89.9%

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Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. 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

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 238 contested votes scored in the 93rd

By policy area

career

Economics and Public Finance86% · 50

Congress82.9% · 35

Energy100% · 20

Labor and Employment89.5% · 19

Transportation and Public Works100% · 15

District of Columbia91.7% · 12

International Affairs100% · 10

Government Operations and Politics— · 8

Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6

Armed Forces and National Security— · 5

Law— · 5

Commemorations— · 4

Health— · 4

Congressional-executive relations— · 3

Crime and Law Enforcement— · 3

Environmental Protection— · 3

Housing and Community Development— · 3

Agriculture and Food— · 2

Arts, Culture, Religion— · 2

Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 2

Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 2

Real property— · 2

Commerce— · 1

Education— · 1

Immigration— · 1

Monuments and memorials— · 1

Petroleum industry— · 1

Private Legislation— · 1

Public works— · 1

Social Welfare— · 1

Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 31 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Coins and coinage, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Gold, Impeachments, Livestock, Lotteries, Mines and mineral resources, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Right of privacy, Rivers, Science, Technology, Communications, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Vietnamese Conflict, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Service record

87th · 196193rd · 1973

Democrat87th–93rd

Party switchers

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