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Ovie Clark Fisher

Representative from Texas
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1943–1975ID F000152
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LegislationHEADLINE
38%with Dems
of 1,885 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
38%with Dems
of 1,885 · both combined
Steepest move
−20 pts
1947 → 1949
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 ↓194319491955196119671973
1973–7493rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
24.6%with Democrats
of 272 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1947 → 1949, −20 pts — while still a Democrat.
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
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 620No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 20, 1974S. 4206No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 14449No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 14449), 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
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 6668No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 421No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 10710No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1520No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974S. 3976No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 272 contested votes scored in the 93rd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance21.4% · 56 votes
Congress44.2% · 43 votes
Energy21.4% · 28 votes
Transportation and Public Works0% · 16 votes
District of Columbia10% · 10 votes
International Affairs10% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Armed Forces and National Security— · 9 votes
Government Operations and Politics— · 9 votes
Labor and Employment— · 7 votes
Mines and mineral resources— · 7 votes
Commerce— · 5 votes
Education— · 5 votes
Environmental Protection— · 5 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 5 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Law— · 4 votes
Agriculture and Food— · 3 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 3 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 3 votes
Health— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 3 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 2 votes
Coins and coinage— · 2 votes
Public works— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Livestock— · 1 vote
Monuments and memorials— · 1 vote
Private Legislation— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Science, Technology, Communications— · 1 vote
Social Welfare— · 1 vote

They also voted in 29 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Commemorations, Congressional-Presidential relations, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Gold, Immigration, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water Resources Development, Youth.

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

Service record

16 Congresses
78th · 194393rd · 1973
Democrat · House · TX78th–93rd
Term datesexact
Members · Texas
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Ovie Clark Fisher

Representative from Texas
HOUSED1943–197516 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
38%with Democrats
of 1,885 votes · 62% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested38%of 1,885 · combined
Steepest move−20 pts1947→49, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019431973
1973–74 · 93rd · Democrat · of 272 votes24.6%

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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
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 272 contested votes scored in the 93rd

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance21.4% · 56
Congress44.2% · 43
Energy21.4% · 28
Transportation and Public Works0% · 16
District of Columbia10% · 10
International Affairs10% · 10
Armed Forces and National Security— · 9
Government Operations and Politics— · 9
Labor and Employment— · 7
Mines and mineral resources— · 7
Commerce— · 5
Education— · 5
Environmental Protection— · 5
Housing and Community Development— · 5
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Law— · 4
Agriculture and Food— · 3
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 3
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 3
Health— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 3
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 2
Coins and coinage— · 2
Public works— · 2
Real property— · 2
Livestock— · 1
Monuments and memorials— · 1
Private Legislation— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Science, Technology, Communications— · 1
Social Welfare— · 1

Also voted in 29 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Commemorations, Congressional-Presidential relations, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Gold, Immigration, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water Resources Development, Youth.

Service record

78th · 194393rd · 1973
Democrat78th–93rd

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