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Robert Dinsmore Harrison

Representative from Nebraska
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1951–1959ID H000275
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LegislationHEADLINE
12%with Dems
of 242 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
12%with Dems
of 242 · both combined
Steepest move
−9 pts
1955 → 1957
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 ↓19511957
1957–5885th Congress
Sat as a Republican
10.3%with Democrats
of 87 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1955 → 1957, −9 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
Aug 18, 1958S. 3974No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 18, 1958S. 4035No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 15, 1958S. 3683No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3683), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Aug 15, 1958H.Res. 682No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 13, 1958H.Res. 684No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 13, 1958S. 2266No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 8, 1958H.R. 13247No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Aug 7, 1958H.Res. 675No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Aug 6, 1958S. 4071No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 87 contested votes scored in the 85th 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
82nd · 195185th · 1957
Republican · House · NE82nd–85th
Term datesexact
Members · Nebraska
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Robert Dinsmore Harrison

Representative from Nebraska
HOUSER1951–19594 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
12.4%with Democrats
of 242 votes · 87.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested12%of 242 · combined
Steepest move−9 pts1955→57, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019511957
1957–58 · 85th · Republican · of 87 votes10.3%

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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 · 87 contested votes scored in the 85th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

82nd · 195185th · 1957
Republican82nd–85th

Party switchers

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