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Henry Thomas Helgesen

Representative from North Dakota
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1911–1919ID H000459
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LegislationHEADLINE
24%with Dems
of 327 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
24%with Dems
of 327 · both combined
Steepest move
+17 pts
1913 → 1915
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 ↓19111917
1915–1664th Congress
Sat as a Republican
32.1%with Democrats
of 78 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1913 → 1915, +17 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, 1917H.J.Res. 392No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1917H.R. 655No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1917S. 706No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 706), 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
Mar 1, 1917H.R. 21052No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1917H.R. 21052No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1917H.R. 19119No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1917S. 1082No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1917S. 1082No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1917H.Res. 540No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 78 contested votes scored in the 64th 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
62nd · 191165th · 1917
Republican · House · ND62nd–65th
Term datesexact
Members · North Dakota
HH

Henry Thomas Helgesen

Representative from North Dakota
HOUSER1911–19194 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
24.5%with Democrats
of 327 votes · 75.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested24%of 327 · combined
Steepest move+17 pts1913→15, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019111917
1915–16 · 64th · Republican · of 78 votes32.1%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 78 contested votes scored in the 64th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

62nd · 191165th · 1917
Republican62nd–65th

Party switchers

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