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Cleveland Dear

Representative from Louisiana
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1933–1937ID D000177
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LegislationHEADLINE
92%with Dems
of 172 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
92%with Dems
of 172 · both combined
Steepest move
+10 pts
1933 → 1935
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 ↓1933
1935–3674th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
97.4%with Democrats
of 76 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1933 → 1935, +10 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
May 22, 1936S. 3531No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 13, 1936H.R. 2066No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
May 11, 1936H.Res. 123No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 123), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
May 11, 1936H.R. 12624No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 11, 1936H.R. 12624No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 11, 1936H.Res. 509No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 1, 1936H.R. 12527No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 30, 1936S. 1432No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 29, 1936H.Res. 493No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 76 contested votes scored in the 74th 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

2 Congresses
73rd · 193374th · 1935
Democrat · House · LA73rd–74th
Term datesexact
Members · Louisiana
CD

Cleveland Dear

Representative from Louisiana
HOUSED1933–19372 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
91.9%with Democrats
of 172 votes · 8.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested92%of 172 · combined
Steepest move+10 pts1933→35, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019331935
1935–36 · 74th · Democrat · of 76 votes97.4%

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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 · 76 contested votes scored in the 74th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

73rd · 193374th · 1935
Democrat73rd–74th

Party switchers

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