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Charles Laceille Gifford

Representative from Massachusetts
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1921–1949ID G000169
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LegislationHEADLINE
10%with Dems
of 909 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
10%with Dems
of 909 · both combined
Steepest move
−15 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 ↓19211927193319391945
1947–4880th Congress
Sat as a Republican
0%with Democrats
of 20 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1945 → 1947, −15 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
Jul 21, 1947H.R. 29No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 21, 1947noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 18, 1947H.R. 3601No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 3601), 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
Jul 18, 1947H.R. 3950No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 8, 1947H.R. 3950No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 24, 1947H.R. 3737No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 24, 1947H.R. 3916No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 20, 1947H.R. 2030No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 28, 1947H.R. 3601No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 20 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

14 Congresses
67th · 192180th · 1947
Republican · House · MA67th–80th
Term datesexact
Members · Massachusetts
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Charles Laceille Gifford

Representative from Massachusetts
HOUSER1921–194914 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
10.1%with Democrats
of 909 votes · 89.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested10%of 909 · combined
Steepest move−15 pts1945→47, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019211947
1947–48 · 80th · Republican · of 20 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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 20 contested votes scored in the 80th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

67th · 192180th · 1947
Republican67th–80th

Party switchers

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