HD
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Representative from CaliforniaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1945–1951ID D000454
LegislationHEADLINE
95%with Dems
of 280 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
95%with Dems
of 280 · both combined
Steepest move
−4 pts
1945 → 1947
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 ↓1945
1949–5081st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
94.8%with Democrats
of 116 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1945 → 1947, −4 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
Jan 1, 1951S. 3295LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 1, 1951S. 3295LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 1, 1951S. 3295LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3295), 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
Dec 13, 1950H.R. 9853LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 7, 1950H.R. 9763LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 7, 1950H.R. 9763LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 5, 1950H.R. 9827LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 5, 1950H.R. 9827LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 22, 1950H.R. 9490LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 116 contested votes scored in the 81st CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
3 Congresses79th · 194581st · 1949
Democrat · House · CA79th–81st
Term datesexact