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Richard Meloan Duncan

Representative from Missouri
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1933–1943ID D000536
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LegislationHEADLINE
93%with Dems
of 495 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
93%with Dems
of 495 · both combined
Steepest move
−14 pts
1939 → 1941
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 ↓19331939
1941–4277th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
82.3%with Democrats
of 62 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1939 → 1941, −14 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
Sep 23, 1942H.R. 7565No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 23, 1942H.R. 7565No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 20, 1942H.R. 7378No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 7378), 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
Jul 15, 1942H.R. 7239No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 15, 1942H.R. 6709No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 7, 1942H.R. 7349No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 30, 1942H.R. 7181No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 29, 1942H.R. 6845No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 26, 1942H.R. 6709No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 62 contested votes scored in the 77th 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
73rd · 193377th · 1941
Democrat · House · MO73rd–77th
Term datesexact
Members · Missouri
RD

Richard Meloan Duncan

Representative from Missouri
HOUSED1933–19435 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
93.1%with Democrats
of 495 votes · 6.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested93%of 495 · combined
Steepest move−14 pts1939→41, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019331941
1941–42 · 77th · Democrat · of 62 votes82.3%

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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 · 62 contested votes scored in the 77th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

73rd · 193377th · 1941
Democrat73rd–77th

Party switchers

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