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Robert Douglas Heaton

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1915–1919ID H000433
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LegislationHEADLINE
25%with Dems
of 119 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
25%with Dems
of 119 · both combined
Steepest move
+30 pts
1915 → 1917
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 ↓1915
1917–1865th Congress
Sat as a Republican
41.1%with Democrats
of 56 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1915 → 1917, +30 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
Mar 3, 1919H.R. 606No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1919S. 2812No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1919H.R. 16136No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 16136), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Feb 26, 1919H.R. 16136No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1919H.R. 13274No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 21, 1919H.R. 16020No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 19, 1919H.R. 13308No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 18, 1919H.Res. 593No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 18, 1919S. 2812No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 56 contested votes scored in the 65th 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

2 Congresses
64th · 191565th · 1917
Republican · House · PA64th–65th
Term datesexact
Members · Pennsylvania
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Robert Douglas Heaton

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSER1915–19192 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
25.2%with Democrats
of 119 votes · 74.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested25%of 119 · combined
Steepest move+30 pts1915→17, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019151917
1917–18 · 65th · Republican · of 56 votes41.1%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 56 contested votes scored in the 65th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

64th · 191565th · 1917
Republican64th–65th

Party switchers

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