Aaron Lane Ford

Representative from Mississippi

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1935–1943ID F000258

LegislationHEADLINE

76%with Dems

of 429 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

76%with Dems

of 429 · both combined

Steepest move

+10 pts

1937 → 1939

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 ↓19351941

1941–4277th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

75.9%with Democrats

of 58 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1937 → 1939, +10 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

Oct 17, 1942H.R. 7528No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 13, 1942H.R. 1024No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Oct 12, 1942H.Res. 110No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 110), 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

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Oct 12, 1942H.Res. 110No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Sep 23, 1942H.R. 7565No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 23, 1942H.R. 7565No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Sep 9, 1942H.R. 7416No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Sep 9, 1942H.R. 7416No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Jul 20, 1942H.R. 7378No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 58 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

4 Congresses

74th · 193577th · 1941

Democrat · House · MS74th–77th

Term datesexact

Aaron Lane Ford

Representative from Mississippi

HOUSED1935–19434 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

75.8%with Democrats

of 429 votes · 24.2% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested76%of 429 · combined

Steepest move+10 pts1937→39, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019351941

1941–42 · 77th · Democrat · of 58 votes75.9%

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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

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Latest 6 shown · 58 contested votes scored in the 77th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

74th · 193577th · 1941

Democrat74th–77th

Party switchers

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