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Albert McDonald Cole

Representative from Kansas
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1945–1953ID C000606
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LegislationHEADLINE
11%with Dems
of 382 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
11%with Dems
of 382 · both combined
Steepest move
−4 pts
1949 → 1951
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 ↓19451951
1951–5282nd Congress
Sat as a Republican
8.1%with Democrats
of 99 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1949 → 1951, −4 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
Jul 4, 1952H.R. 7289No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 4, 1952H.R. 7656No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 4, 1952S. 3066No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3066), 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
Jul 3, 1952noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 3, 1952H.R. 7289No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 3, 1952H.R. 7176No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 3, 1952H.R. 7176No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 2, 1952H.Res. 638No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 30, 1952H.R. 8122No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 99 contested votes scored in the 82nd 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
79th · 194582nd · 1951
Republican · House · KS79th–82nd
Term datesexact
Members · Kansas
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Albert McDonald Cole

Representative from Kansas
HOUSER1945–19534 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
11.3%with Democrats
of 382 votes · 88.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested11%of 382 · combined
Steepest move−4 pts1949→51, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019451951
1951–52 · 82nd · Republican · of 99 votes8.1%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 99 contested votes scored in the 82nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

79th · 194582nd · 1951
Republican79th–82nd

Party switchers

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