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Frank Monroe Clark

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1955–1975ID C000431
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LegislationHEADLINE
83%with Dems
of 1,370 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
83%with Dems
of 1,370 · both combined
Steepest move
−14 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 ↓1955196119671973
1973–7493rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
80.8%with Democrats
of 317 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1969 → 1971, −14 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. 2439No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 18, 1974H.R. 15977No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 15977), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Dec 18, 1974S. 3934No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1974H.R. 546No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1974H.J.Res. 1180No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1974H.R. 16596No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1974H.J.Res. 1178No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1974S. 3394No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 317 contested votes scored in the 93rd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance86.9% · 61 votes
Congress83.7% · 43 votes
Labor and Employment90% · 20 votes
Energy78.9% · 19 votes
Government Operations and Politics92.3% · 13 votes
International Affairs84.6% · 13 votes
Transportation and Public Works84.6% · 13 votes
District of Columbia100% · 11 votes
Law50% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Mines and mineral resources— · 8 votes
Health— · 7 votes
Commerce— · 6 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6 votes
Armed Forces and National Security— · 5 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 5 votes
Environmental Protection— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 4 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 3 votes
Education— · 3 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Public works— · 3 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3 votes
Agriculture and Food— · 2 votes
Coins and coinage— · 2 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 2 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Gold— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Monuments and memorials— · 1 vote
Private Legislation— · 1 vote
Science, Technology, Communications— · 1 vote
Social Welfare— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 25 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Right of privacy, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

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

Service record

10 Congresses
84th · 195593rd · 1973
Democrat · House · PA84th–93rd
Term datesexact
Members · Pennsylvania
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Frank Monroe Clark

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSED1955–197510 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
83.3%with Democrats
of 1,370 votes · 16.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested83%of 1,370 · combined
Steepest move−14 pts1969→71, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019551973
1973–74 · 93rd · Democrat · of 317 votes80.8%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 317 contested votes scored in the 93rd

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance86.9% · 61
Congress83.7% · 43
Labor and Employment90% · 20
Energy78.9% · 19
Government Operations and Politics92.3% · 13
International Affairs84.6% · 13
Transportation and Public Works84.6% · 13
District of Columbia100% · 11
Law50% · 10
Mines and mineral resources— · 8
Health— · 7
Commerce— · 6
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6
Armed Forces and National Security— · 5
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 5
Environmental Protection— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Housing and Community Development— · 4
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 3
Education— · 3
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Public works— · 3
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3
Agriculture and Food— · 2
Coins and coinage— · 2
Congressional-executive relations— · 2
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 2
Real property— · 2
Gold— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Monuments and memorials— · 1
Private Legislation— · 1
Science, Technology, Communications— · 1
Social Welfare— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 25 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Right of privacy, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Service record

84th · 195593rd · 1973
Democrat84th–93rd

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