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Richard Fielding Harless

Representative from Arizona
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1943–1949ID H000212
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LegislationHEADLINE
86%with Dems
of 215 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
86%with Dems
of 215 · both combined
Steepest move
−7 pts
1945 → 1947
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 ↓1943
1947–4880th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
80.3%with Democrats
of 66 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1945 → 1947, −7 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
Aug 7, 1948H.Res. 709No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 5, 1948S.J.Res. 157No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 4, 1948H.Res. 707No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 707), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Jun 19, 1948S. 2655No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 19, 1948H.R. 6481No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 18, 1948H.R. 6959No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 18, 1948S. 2242No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 18, 1948H.R. 6771No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 18, 1948H.R. 6771No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 66 contested votes scored in the 80th 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

3 Congresses
78th · 194380th · 1947
Democrat · House · AZ78th–80th
Term datesexact
Members · Arizona
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Richard Fielding Harless

Representative from Arizona
HOUSED1943–19493 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
85.6%with Democrats
of 215 votes · 14.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested86%of 215 · combined
Steepest move−7 pts1945→47, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019431947
1947–48 · 80th · Democrat · of 66 votes80.3%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 66 contested votes scored in the 80th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

78th · 194380th · 1947
Democrat78th–80th

Party switchers

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