Richard Thurmond Chatham

Representative from North Carolina

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1949–1957ID C000336

LegislationHEADLINE

60%with Dems

of 237 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

60%with Dems

of 237 · both combined

Steepest move

−11 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

54.5%with Democrats

of 44 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1951 → 1953, −11 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 25, 1956H.Res. 618No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Jul 23, 1956H.R. 627No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Jul 23, 1956H.R. 627No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 627), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.

Where this lands

YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Jul 19, 1956noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Jul 12, 1956H.R. 12038No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 12, 1956H.R. 12138No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 12, 1956H.Res. 584No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 11, 1956H.R. 12130No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 6, 1956H.R. 11380No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 44 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

Richard Thurmond Chatham

Representative from North Carolina

HOUSED1949–19574 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

60.3%with Democrats

of 237 votes · 39.7% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested60%of 237 · combined

Steepest move−11 pts1951→53, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019491955

1955–56 · 84th · Democrat · of 44 votes54.5%

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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 · 44 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 · 40th Wesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105th Ben Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th