Ralph Edwin Church

Representative from Illinois

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1935–1951ID C000390

LegislationHEADLINE

7%with Dems

of 745 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

7%with Dems

of 745 · both combined

Steepest move

−6 pts

1943 → 1945

still a Republican

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 ↓193519411947

1949–5081st Congress

Sat as a Republican

7.6%with Democrats

of 92 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1943 → 1945, −6 pts — within one party label.

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

Mar 20, 1950H.R. 7057No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 16, 1950S. 2105No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 16, 1950S. 2105No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2105), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

NAYSided with the Democratic majority

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Mar 16, 1950H.J.Res. 398No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 15, 1950H.R. 4703No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 14, 1950S. 1008No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 13, 1950H.R. 3247No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 9, 1950H.R. 874No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 9, 1950H.R. 874No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 92 contested votes scored in the 81st 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

7 Congresses

74th · 193581st · 1949

Republican · House · IL74th–81st

Term datesexact

Ralph Edwin Church

Representative from Illinois

HOUSER1935–19517 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

7%with Democrats

of 745 votes · 93% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested7%of 745 · combined

Steepest move−6 pts1943→45, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019351949

1949–50 · 81st · Republican · of 92 votes7.6%

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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 majorityYea

Counts toward scoreYes

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Latest 6 shown · 92 contested votes scored in the 81st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

74th · 193581st · 1949

Republican74th–81st

Party switchers

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