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Harold Royce Gross

Representative from Iowa
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1949–1975ID G000495
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LegislationHEADLINE
15%with Dems
of 1,822 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
15%with Dems
of 1,822 · both combined
Steepest move
+38 pts
1951 → 1953
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 ↓19491955196119671973
1973–7493rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
15.2%with Democrats
of 375 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1951 → 1953, +38 pts — within one party label.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

9 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 620No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 20, 1974S. 4206No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 14449No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 14449), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 6668No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 421No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 10710No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1494No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1520No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 375 contested votes scored in the 93rd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance28.2% · 71 votes
Congress12.8% · 47 votes
Energy15.2% · 33 votes
Labor and Employment9.5% · 21 votes
International Affairs5.6% · 18 votes
Transportation and Public Works0% · 17 votes
District of Columbia0% · 15 votes
Government Operations and Politics7.7% · 13 votes
Armed Forces and National Security75% · 12 votes
Law0% · 11 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Health— · 7 votes
Commerce— · 6 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6 votes
Mines and mineral resources— · 6 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 5 votes
Education— · 5 votes
Environmental Protection— · 5 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 5 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 5 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Agriculture and Food— · 3 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Public works— · 3 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3 votes
Commemorations— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Gold— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Monuments and memorials— · 1 vote
Private Legislation— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Science, Technology, Communications— · 1 vote
Social Welfare— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 24 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

13 Congresses
81st · 194993rd · 1973
Republican · House · IA81st–93rd
Term datesexact
Members · Iowa
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Harold Royce Gross

Representative from Iowa
HOUSER1949–197513 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
15.4%with Democrats
of 1,822 votes · 84.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested15%of 1,822 · combined
Steepest move+38 pts1951→53, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019491973
1973–74 · 93rd · Republican · of 375 votes15.2%

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Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. 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
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 375 contested votes scored in the 93rd

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance28.2% · 71
Congress12.8% · 47
Energy15.2% · 33
Labor and Employment9.5% · 21
International Affairs5.6% · 18
Transportation and Public Works0% · 17
District of Columbia0% · 15
Government Operations and Politics7.7% · 13
Armed Forces and National Security75% · 12
Law0% · 11
Health— · 7
Commerce— · 6
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6
Mines and mineral resources— · 6
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 5
Education— · 5
Environmental Protection— · 5
Housing and Community Development— · 5
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 5
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Agriculture and Food— · 3
Coins and coinage— · 3
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Public works— · 3
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3
Commemorations— · 2
Real property— · 2
Gold— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Monuments and memorials— · 1
Private Legislation— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Science, Technology, Communications— · 1
Social Welfare— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 24 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Service record

81st · 194993rd · 1973
Republican81st–93rd

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