Leland Merritt Ford

Representative from California

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1939–1943ID F000264

LegislationHEADLINE

25%with Dems

of 168 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

25%with Dems

of 168 · both combined

Steepest move

+3 pts

1939 → 1941

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 ↓1939

1941–4277th Congress

Sat as a Republican

27.1%with Democrats

of 48 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1939 → 1941, +3 pts — within one party label.

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

Nov 24, 1942H.R. 7096No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

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

Oct 12, 1942H.Res. 110No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · 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

YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored

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Oct 12, 1942H.Res. 110No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · 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

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

Jul 15, 1942H.R. 7239No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 15, 1942H.R. 6709No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 48 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

2 Congresses

76th · 193977th · 1941

Republican · House · CA76th–77th

Term datesexact

Leland Merritt Ford

Representative from California

HOUSER1939–19432 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

25%with Democrats

of 168 votes · 75% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested25%of 168 · combined

Steepest move+3 pts1939→41, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019391941

1941–42 · 77th · Republican · of 48 votes27.1%

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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 · 48 contested votes scored in the 77th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

76th · 193977th · 1941

Republican76th–77th

Party switchers

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