Seymour Halpern

Representative from New York

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1959–1973ID H000085

LegislationHEADLINE

67%with Dems

of 891 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

67%with Dems

of 891 · both combined

Steepest move

−15 pts

1969 → 1971

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 ↓195919651971

1971–7292nd Congress

Sat as a Republican

66.4%with Democrats

of 146 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1969 → 1971, −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

Oct 18, 1972H.Con.Res. 726No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 18, 1972S. 2770No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 17, 1972H.J.Res. 1331No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 1331), 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

Open roll call

Oct 17, 1972H.R. 16810No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Oct 17, 1972H.R. 1No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 14, 1972H.R. 1166No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 14, 1972H.J.Res. 1331No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 14, 1972S. 4062No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 14, 1972H.R. 12006No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 146 contested votes scored in the 92nd 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

7 Congresses

86th · 195992nd · 1971

Republican · House · NY86th–92nd

Term datesexact

Seymour Halpern

Representative from New York

HOUSER1959–19737 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

67.3%with Democrats

of 891 votes · 32.7% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested67%of 891 · combined

Steepest move−15 pts1969→71, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019591971

1971–72 · 92nd · Republican · of 146 votes66.4%

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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

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 146 contested votes scored in the 92nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

86th · 195992nd · 1971

Republican86th–92nd

Party switchers

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