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Aime Joseph Forand

Representative from Rhode Island
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1937–1961ID F000255
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LegislationHEADLINE
89%with Dems
of 956 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
89%with Dems
of 956 · both combined
Steepest move
−14 pts
1957 → 1959
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 ↓1937194319491955
1959–6086th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
75.3%with Democrats
of 77 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1957 → 1959, −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
Aug 31, 1960H.R. 13161No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Aug 31, 1960H.R. 13161No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Aug 26, 1960H.R. 12580No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12580), 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
Aug 24, 1960S.J.Res. 170No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 24, 1960H.Res. 587No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 22, 1960H.R. 9866No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 22, 1960H.R. 5383No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 22, 1960H.R. 12753No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 2, 1960H.R. 2467No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 77 contested votes scored in the 86th 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

11 Congresses
75th · 193786th · 1959
Democrat · House · RI75th–86th
Term datesexact
Members · Rhode Island
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Aime Joseph Forand

Representative from Rhode Island
HOUSED1937–196111 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
88.6%with Democrats
of 956 votes · 11.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested89%of 956 · combined
Steepest move−14 pts1957→59, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019371959
1959–60 · 86th · Democrat · of 77 votes75.3%

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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 · 77 contested votes scored in the 86th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

75th · 193786th · 1959
Democrat75th–86th

Party switchers

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