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Ben Hugh Guill

Representative from Texas
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1949–1951ID G000521
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LegislationHEADLINE
22%with Dems
of 32 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
22%with Dems
of 32 · both combined

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 ↓1949
1949–5081st Congress
Sat as a Republican
21.9%with Democrats
of 32 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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 13, 1950H.R. 9853No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 7, 1950H.R. 9763No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 7, 1950H.R. 9763No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 9763), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Dec 5, 1950H.R. 9827No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 5, 1950H.R. 9827No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Sep 22, 1950H.R. 9490No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 22, 1950H.R. 8920No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 21, 1950H.R. 9526No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 21, 1950H.R. 9526No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 32 contested votes scored in the 81st 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

1 Congresses
81st · 1949
Republican · House · TX81st–81st
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Members · Texas
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Ben Hugh Guill

Representative from Texas
HOUSER1949–19511 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
21.9%with Democrats
of 32 votes · 78.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested22%of 32 · combined

Career arc

10050019491949
1949–50 · 81st · Republican · of 32 votes21.9%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
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Latest 6 shown · 32 contested votes scored in the 81st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

81st · 194981st · 1949
Republican81st–81st

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