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Charles Bennett Deane

Representative from North Carolina
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1947–1957ID D000175
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LegislationHEADLINE
89%with Dems
of 412 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
89%with Dems
of 412 · both combined
Steepest move
−7 pts
1953 → 1955
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 ↓19471953
1955–5684th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
83.6%with Democrats
of 55 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1953 → 1955, −7 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
Jul 27, 1956H.Res. 604No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 27, 1956H.Res. 625No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 26, 1956H.Res. 641No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 641), 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
Jul 25, 1956H.Res. 638No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 25, 1956H.Res. 618No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 24, 1956H.R. 12061No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 24, 1956H.R. 12061No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 24, 1956H.R. 7992No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 23, 1956H.R. 12227No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 55 contested votes scored in the 84th 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

5 Congresses
80th · 194784th · 1955
Democrat · House · NC80th–84th
Term datesexact
Members · North Carolina
CD

Charles Bennett Deane

Representative from North Carolina
HOUSED1947–19575 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
89.1%with Democrats
of 412 votes · 10.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested89%of 412 · combined
Steepest move−7 pts1953→55, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019471955
1955–56 · 84th · Democrat · of 55 votes83.6%

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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
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 55 contested votes scored in the 84th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

80th · 194784th · 1955
Democrat80th–84th

Party switchers

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