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Byron Berry Harlan

Representative from Ohio
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1931–1939ID H000209
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LegislationHEADLINE
82%with Dems
of 348 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
82%with Dems
of 348 · both combined
Steepest move
+14 pts
1931 → 1933
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 ↓19311937
1937–3875th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
81.3%with Democrats
of 80 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1931 → 1933, +14 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
Jun 15, 1938H.R. 10530No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 14, 1938H.R. 92No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 14, 1938H.J.Res. 679No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 679), 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
Jun 14, 1938H.J.Res. 679No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 14, 1938S. 2475No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 11, 1938H.R. 521No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 11, 1938S.Con.Res. 31No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 10, 1938H.R. 10238No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 10, 1938H.R. 10238No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 80 contested votes scored in the 75th 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

4 Congresses
72nd · 193175th · 1937
Democrat · House · OH72nd–75th
Term datesexact
Members · Ohio
BH

Byron Berry Harlan

Representative from Ohio
HOUSED1931–19394 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
82.5%with Democrats
of 348 votes · 17.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested82%of 348 · combined
Steepest move+14 pts1931→33, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019311937
1937–38 · 75th · Democrat · of 80 votes81.3%

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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 · 80 contested votes scored in the 75th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

72nd · 193175th · 1937
Democrat72nd–75th

Party switchers

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