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Charles Lewis Gerlach

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1939–1949ID G000135
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LegislationHEADLINE
17%with Dems
of 371 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
17%with Dems
of 371 · both combined
Steepest move
−16 pts
1945 → 1947
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 ↓19391945
1947–4880th Congress
Sat as a Republican
0%with Democrats
of 10 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1945 → 1947, −16 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
Apr 25, 1947H.R. 2123No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 25, 1947H.R. 2123No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Apr 15, 1947H.Res. 178No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 178), 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
Mar 27, 1947H.R. 1No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 27, 1947H.R. 1No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 25, 1947H.R. 2700No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 26, 1947H.Res. 58No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 26, 1947H.Res. 111No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 20, 1947H.Con.Res. 20No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 10 contested votes scored in the 80th 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

5 Congresses
76th · 193980th · 1947
Republican · House · PA76th–80th
Term datesexact
Members · Pennsylvania
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Charles Lewis Gerlach

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSER1939–19495 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
16.7%with Democrats
of 371 votes · 83.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested17%of 371 · combined
Steepest move−16 pts1945→47, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019391947
1947–48 · 80th · Republican · of 10 votes0%

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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 · 10 contested votes scored in the 80th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

76th · 193980th · 1947
Republican76th–80th

Party switchers

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