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Harold Dunbar Cooley

Representative from North Carolina
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1935–1967ID C000736
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LegislationHEADLINE
76%with Dems
of 1,512 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
76%with Dems
of 1,512 · both combined
Steepest move
−37 pts
1963 → 1965
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 ↓193519411947195319591965
1965–6689th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
50%with Democrats
of 172 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1963 → 1965, −37 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 20, 1966H.R. 17607No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 20, 1966H.R. 13161No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 20, 1966H.R. 15111No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 15111), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Oct 20, 1966S. 3708No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 19, 1966H.R. 5688No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1966S. 3708No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 14, 1966S. 3708No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Oct 14, 1966H.R. 51No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 6, 1966H.R. 13161No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 172 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

16 Congresses
74th · 193589th · 1965
Democrat · House · NC74th–89th
Term datesexact
Members · North Carolina
HC

Harold Dunbar Cooley

Representative from North Carolina
HOUSED1935–196716 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
76.3%with Democrats
of 1,512 votes · 23.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested76%of 1,512 · combined
Steepest move−37 pts1963→65, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019351965
1965–66 · 89th · Democrat · of 172 votes50%

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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 · 172 contested votes scored in the 89th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

74th · 193589th · 1965
Democrat74th–89th

Party switchers

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