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Leon Harry Gavin
Representative from PennsylvaniaHOUSEREPUBLICAN1943–1965ID G000102
LegislationHEADLINE
18%with Dems
of 937 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
18%with Dems
of 937 · both combined
Steepest move
+28 pts
1955 → 1957
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 ↓1943194919551961
1963–6488th Congress
Sat as a Republican
18.8%with Democrats
of 32 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1955 → 1957, +28 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
Sep 11, 1963H.Res. 504LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 10, 1963S. 1576LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 28, 1963H.R. 7500LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 7500), 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
Aug 28, 1963H.R. 7500LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Aug 23, 1963H.R. 7885LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 23, 1963H.R. 7885LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Aug 14, 1963H.R. 6143LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Aug 12, 1963H.R. 7525LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 8, 1963H.R. 7824LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 32 contested votes scored in the 88th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
11 Congresses78th · 194388th · 1963
Republican · House · PA78th–88th
Term datesexact