BH
Burr Powell Harrison
Representative from VirginiaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1947–1963ID H000264
LegislationHEADLINE
51%with Dems
of 717 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
51%with Dems
of 717 · both combined
Steepest move
−20 pts
1949 → 1951
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 ↓194719531959
1961–6287th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
47.2%with Democrats
of 89 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1949 → 1951, −20 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 6, 1962H.R. 13175LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 2, 1962H.Res. 822LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 1, 1962H.R. 13241LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 13241), 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 1, 1962H.Res. 818LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Sep 26, 1962S.J.Res. 230LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 26, 1962S.J.Res. 230LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 25, 1962H.R. 10LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 20, 1962H.R. 131752LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Sep 20, 1962H.R. 131751LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 89 contested votes scored in the 87th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
8 Congresses80th · 194787th · 1961
Democrat · House · VA80th–87th
Term datesexact