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Charles Russell Clason

Representative from Massachusetts
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1937–1949ID C000473
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LegislationHEADLINE
15%with Dems
of 545 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
15%with Dems
of 545 · both combined
Steepest move
+16 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 ↓19371943
1947–4880th Congress
Sat as a Republican
12.7%with Democrats
of 71 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1943 → 1945, +16 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
Aug 7, 1948H.Res. 711No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 7, 1948H.Res. 709No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 5, 1948S.J.Res. 157No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.J.Res. 157), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Aug 4, 1948H.Res. 707No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 20, 1948H.R. 6801No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 19, 1948S. 2655No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 19, 1948H.R. 6481No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 18, 1948H.R. 6959No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 18, 1948S. 2242No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 71 contested votes scored in the 80th 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

6 Congresses
75th · 193780th · 1947
Republican · House · MA75th–80th
Term datesexact
Members · Massachusetts
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Charles Russell Clason

Representative from Massachusetts
HOUSER1937–19496 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
15%with Democrats
of 545 votes · 85% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested15%of 545 · combined
Steepest move+16 pts1943→45, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019371947
1947–48 · 80th · Republican · of 71 votes12.7%

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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
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 71 contested votes scored in the 80th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

75th · 193780th · 1947
Republican75th–80th

Party switchers

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