Pierre Samuel Du Pont IV

Representative from Delaware

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1971–1977ID D000558

LegislationHEADLINE

42%with Dems

of 1,106 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

42%with Dems

of 1,106 · both combined

Steepest move

+11 pts

1971 → 1973

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 ↓1971

1975–7694th Congress

Sat as a Republican

41%with Democrats

of 515 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1971 → 1973, +11 pts — within one party label.

Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

9 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with

Sep 30, 1976S. 3521No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Sep 30, 1976H.R. 10210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 30, 1976S. 2212No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2212), 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

Open roll call

Sep 30, 1976H.R. 13367No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 30, 1976H.R. 13367No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 30, 1976H.R. 14232No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Sep 29, 1976H.R. 14970No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 29, 1976H.Res. 1552No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 29, 1976H.Res. 1581No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 515 contested votes scored in the 94th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation

Economics and Public Finance49.4% · 160 votes

Congress31.2% · 93 votes

Energy40% · 85 votes

Government Operations and Politics34.9% · 63 votes

International Affairs57.1% · 35 votes

Transportation and Public Works48.1% · 27 votes

Agriculture and Food23.1% · 26 votes

Labor and Employment30.8% · 26 votes

Armed Forces and National Security68% · 25 votes

Taxation36.4% · 22 votes

Law70.6% · 17 votes

Commerce40% · 15 votes

District of Columbia78.6% · 14 votes

Public Lands and Natural Resources57.1% · 14 votes

Crime and Law Enforcement15.4% · 13 votes

Education33.3% · 12 votes

Mines and mineral resources58.3% · 12 votes

Health45.5% · 11 votes

Environmental Protection50% · 10 votes

Housing and Community Development50% · 10 votes

Too few contested votes to score

Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes

Lobbying— · 9 votes

Finance and Financial Sector— · 8 votes

Science, Technology, Communications— · 8 votes

Depletion allowances— · 7 votes

Vietnamese Conflict— · 7 votes

Arts, Culture, Religion— · 6 votes

Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6 votes

Independent regulatory commissions— · 6 votes

Mortgages— · 6 votes

Social Welfare— · 5 votes

Commemorations— · 4 votes

Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes

Political participation— · 4 votes

Private Legislation— · 4 votes

Public works— · 4 votes

Coins and coinage— · 3 votes

Credit— · 3 votes

International economic relations— · 3 votes

Petroleum industry— · 3 votes

Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes

Revenue sharing— · 3 votes

Conferences— · 2 votes

Constitutional amendments— · 2 votes

Executive reorganization— · 2 votes

Life insurance— · 2 votes

Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes

Power resources— · 2 votes

Printing— · 2 votes

Real property— · 2 votes

Youth— · 2 votes

Chemicals— · 1 vote

Congressional oversight— · 1 vote

Day care— · 1 vote

Disabled— · 1 vote

Gold— · 1 vote

Government corporations— · 1 vote

Heating— · 1 vote

Immigration— · 1 vote

Industrial relations— · 1 vote

Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote

Lakes— · 1 vote

Livestock— · 1 vote

Motor vehicles— · 1 vote

Native Americans— · 1 vote

Noise— · 1 vote

Postal service— · 1 vote

Reclamation of land— · 1 vote

Refugees— · 1 vote

Right of privacy— · 1 vote

Right to counsel— · 1 vote

Rivers— · 1 vote

Territories (U.S.)— · 1 vote

Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 40 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

3 Congresses

92nd · 197194th · 1975

Republican · House · DE92nd–94th

Term datesexact

Pierre Samuel Du Pont IV

Representative from Delaware

HOUSER1971–19773 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

42.3%with Democrats

of 1,106 votes · 57.7% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested42%of 1,106 · combined

Steepest move+11 pts1971→73, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019711975

1975–76 · 94th · Republican · of 515 votes41%

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Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. 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

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Latest 6 shown · 515 contested votes scored in the 94th

By policy area

career

Economics and Public Finance49.4% · 160

Congress31.2% · 93

Energy40% · 85

Government Operations and Politics34.9% · 63

International Affairs57.1% · 35

Transportation and Public Works48.1% · 27

Agriculture and Food23.1% · 26

Labor and Employment30.8% · 26

Armed Forces and National Security68% · 25

Taxation36.4% · 22

Law70.6% · 17

Commerce40% · 15

District of Columbia78.6% · 14

Public Lands and Natural Resources57.1% · 14

Crime and Law Enforcement15.4% · 13

Education33.3% · 12

Mines and mineral resources58.3% · 12

Health45.5% · 11

Environmental Protection50% · 10

Housing and Community Development50% · 10

Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9

Lobbying— · 9

Finance and Financial Sector— · 8

Science, Technology, Communications— · 8

Depletion allowances— · 7

Vietnamese Conflict— · 7

Arts, Culture, Religion— · 6

Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6

Independent regulatory commissions— · 6

Mortgages— · 6

Social Welfare— · 5

Commemorations— · 4

Congressional-executive relations— · 4

Political participation— · 4

Private Legislation— · 4

Public works— · 4

Coins and coinage— · 3

Credit— · 3

International economic relations— · 3

Petroleum industry— · 3

Postal rates and revenues— · 3

Revenue sharing— · 3

Conferences— · 2

Constitutional amendments— · 2

Executive reorganization— · 2

Life insurance— · 2

Monuments and memorials— · 2

Power resources— · 2

Printing— · 2

Real property— · 2

Youth— · 2

Chemicals— · 1

Congressional oversight— · 1

Day care— · 1

Disabled— · 1

Gold— · 1

Government corporations— · 1

Heating— · 1

Immigration— · 1

Industrial relations— · 1

Intergovernmental relations— · 1

Lakes— · 1

Livestock— · 1

Motor vehicles— · 1

Native Americans— · 1

Noise— · 1

Postal service— · 1

Reclamation of land— · 1

Refugees— · 1

Right of privacy— · 1

Right to counsel— · 1

Rivers— · 1

Territories (U.S.)— · 1

Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 40 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

92nd · 197194th · 1975

Republican92nd–94th

Party switchers

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