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Frank Ertel Carlyle

Representative from North Carolina
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1949–1957ID C000156
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LegislationHEADLINE
58%with Dems
of 313 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
58%with Dems
of 313 · both combined
Steepest move
+8 pts
1951 → 1953
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 ↓19491955
1955–5684th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
63.2%with Democrats
of 57 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1951 → 1953, +8 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
Jul 27, 1956H.Res. 604No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 27, 1956S. 3338No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 27, 1956H.Res. 625No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 625), 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
Jul 26, 1956H.R. 8902No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 26, 1956H.Res. 602No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 26, 1956H.Res. 641No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 25, 1956H.Res. 638No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 25, 1956H.Res. 618No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 24, 1956H.R. 12061No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 57 contested votes scored in the 84th 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

4 Congresses
81st · 194984th · 1955
Democrat · House · NC81st–84th
Term datesexact
Members · North Carolina
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Frank Ertel Carlyle

Representative from North Carolina
HOUSED1949–19574 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
58.5%with Democrats
of 313 votes · 41.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested58%of 313 · combined
Steepest move+8 pts1951→53, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019491955
1955–56 · 84th · Democrat · of 57 votes63.2%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 57 contested votes scored in the 84th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

81st · 194984th · 1955
Democrat81st–84th

Party switchers

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