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Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr.

Representative from Michigan
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1949–1975ID F000260
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LegislationHEADLINE
19%with Dems
of 1,608 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
19%with Dems
of 1,608 · both combined
Steepest move
−18 pts
1951 → 1953
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 ↓19491955196119671973
1973–7493rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
18.6%with Democrats
of 188 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1951 → 1953, −18 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
Dec 5, 1973H.R. 7130No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 5, 1973H.R. 7130No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 5, 1973H.R. 7130No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 7130), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Dec 5, 1973H.R. 7130No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 5, 1973H.R. 8877No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 5, 1973H.R. 8877No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 3, 1973H.R. 9437No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 3, 1973H.R. 11710No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 3, 1973S. 1191No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 188 contested votes scored in the 93rd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance12.5% · 48 votes
Congress20.8% · 24 votes
Labor and Employment15% · 20 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Transportation and Public Works— · 8 votes
International Affairs— · 7 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6 votes
Law— · 6 votes
Armed Forces and National Security— · 5 votes
Energy— · 5 votes
Environmental Protection— · 5 votes
Government Operations and Politics— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
District of Columbia— · 4 votes
Health— · 4 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 3 votes
Agriculture and Food— · 2 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 2 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 2 votes
Commerce— · 1 vote
Education— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Housing and Community Development— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Public works— · 1 vote
Social Welfare— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 18 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Coins and coinage, Credit, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Foreign Trade and International Finance, Minorities, Private Legislation, Recreation areas, Science, Technology, Communications, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers.

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

Service record

13 Congresses
81st · 194993rd · 1973
Republican · House · MI81st–93rd
Term datesexact
Members · Michigan
GF

Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr.

Representative from Michigan
HOUSER1949–197513 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
19.2%with Democrats
of 1,608 votes · 80.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested19%of 1,608 · combined
Steepest move−18 pts1951→53, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019491973
1973–74 · 93rd · Republican · of 188 votes18.6%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 188 contested votes scored in the 93rd

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance12.5% · 48
Congress20.8% · 24
Labor and Employment15% · 20
Transportation and Public Works— · 8
International Affairs— · 7
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6
Law— · 6
Armed Forces and National Security— · 5
Energy— · 5
Environmental Protection— · 5
Government Operations and Politics— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
District of Columbia— · 4
Health— · 4
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 3
Agriculture and Food— · 2
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 2
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 2
Commerce— · 1
Education— · 1
Gold— · 1
Housing and Community Development— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Public works— · 1
Social Welfare— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 18 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Coins and coinage, Credit, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Foreign Trade and International Finance, Minorities, Private Legislation, Recreation areas, Science, Technology, Communications, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers.

Service record

81st · 194993rd · 1973
Republican81st–93rd

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