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Richard Pillsbury Gale

Representative from Minnesota
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1941–1945ID G000014
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LegislationHEADLINE
23%with Dems
of 121 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
23%with Dems
of 121 · both combined
Steepest move
+14 pts
1941 → 1943
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 ↓1941
1943–4478th Congress
Sat as a Republican
29.4%with Democrats
of 68 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1941 → 1943, +14 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
Dec 7, 1944H.Res. 672No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 5, 1944H.R. 5564No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 23, 1944H.Res. 593No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 593), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Jun 22, 1944H.Res. 422No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 22, 1944H.Res. 422No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 21, 1944H.R. 4219No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 20, 1944H.R. 4183No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 20, 1944H.R. 4443No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 20, 1944H.R. 4443No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 68 contested votes scored in the 78th 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
77th · 194178th · 1943
Republican · House · MN77th–78th
Term datesexact
Members · Minnesota
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Richard Pillsbury Gale

Representative from Minnesota
HOUSER1941–19452 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
23.1%with Democrats
of 121 votes · 76.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested23%of 121 · combined
Steepest move+14 pts1941→43, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019411943
1943–44 · 78th · Republican · of 68 votes29.4%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 68 contested votes scored in the 78th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

77th · 194178th · 1943
Republican77th–78th

Party switchers

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