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Porter Hardy Jr.

Representative from Virginia
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1947–1969ID H000197
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LegislationHEADLINE
67%with Dems
of 1,148 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
67%with Dems
of 1,148 · both combined
Steepest move
−24 pts
1963 → 1965
still a Democrat

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 ↓1947195319591965
1967–6890th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
56.4%with Democrats
of 140 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1963 → 1965, −24 pts — while still a Democrat.
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 11, 1968H.R. 18707No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 11, 1968H.R. 20300No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 10, 1968H.R. 19908No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 19908), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Oct 10, 1968H.Res. 1304No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 10, 1968H.R. 17324No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 10, 1968H.R. 17735No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 9, 1968S.J.Res. 175No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 9, 1968S.J.Res. 175No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 9, 1968S.J.Res. 175No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 140 contested votes scored in the 90th 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

11 Congresses
80th · 194790th · 1967
Democrat · House · VA80th–90th
Term datesexact
Members · Virginia
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Porter Hardy Jr.

Representative from Virginia
HOUSED1947–196911 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
66.6%with Democrats
of 1,148 votes · 33.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested67%of 1,148 · combined
Steepest move−24 pts1963→65, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019471967
1967–68 · 90th · Democrat · of 140 votes56.4%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 140 contested votes scored in the 90th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

80th · 194790th · 1967
Democrat80th–90th

Party switchers

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