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Fred James Douglas

Representative from New York
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1937–1945ID D000453
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LegislationHEADLINE
9%with Dems
of 308 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
9%with Dems
of 308 · both combined
Steepest move
+9 pts
1939 → 1941
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
1943–4478th Congress
Sat as a Republican
21.2%with Democrats
of 52 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1939 → 1941, +9 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
Dec 5, 1944H.R. 5564No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 20, 1944H.R. 4183No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 19, 1944H.R. 4443No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 4443), 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
Jun 16, 1944H.R. 4414No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 15, 1944H.R. 4967No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 14, 1944H.R. 4941No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 14, 1944H.R. 4941No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 13, 1944S. 1767No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 7, 1944S.J.Res. 133No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 52 contested votes scored in the 78th 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
75th · 193778th · 1943
Republican · House · NY75th–78th
Term datesexact
Members · New York
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Fred James Douglas

Representative from New York
HOUSER1937–19454 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
9.1%with Democrats
of 308 votes · 90.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested9%of 308 · combined
Steepest move+9 pts1939→41, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019371943
1943–44 · 78th · Republican · of 52 votes21.2%

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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 · 52 contested votes scored in the 78th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

75th · 193778th · 1943
Republican75th–78th

Party switchers

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