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Frank Leslie Chelf

Representative from Kentucky
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1945–1967ID C000342
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LegislationHEADLINE
78%with Dems
of 1,082 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
78%with Dems
of 1,082 · both combined
Steepest move
−16 pts
1955 → 1957
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 ↓1945195119571963
1965–6689th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
63.3%with Democrats
of 169 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1955 → 1957, −16 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
Oct 21, 1966H.R. 18381No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 21, 1966H.R. 14644No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 20, 1966H.R. 13161No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 13161), 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
Oct 20, 1966H.R. 18233No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 20, 1966H.R. 15111No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 20, 1966S. 3708No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 19, 1966H.R. 1013No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 19, 1966H.R. 1013No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 19, 1966S.J.Res. 167No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 169 contested votes scored in the 89th 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

11 Congresses
79th · 194589th · 1965
Democrat · House · KY79th–89th
Term datesexact
Members · Kentucky
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Frank Leslie Chelf

Representative from Kentucky
HOUSED1945–196711 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
78.5%with Democrats
of 1,082 votes · 21.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested78%of 1,082 · combined
Steepest move−16 pts1955→57, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019451965
1965–66 · 89th · Democrat · of 169 votes63.3%

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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
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 169 contested votes scored in the 89th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

79th · 194589th · 1965
Democrat79th–89th

Party switchers

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