LH
Louis Benjamin Heller
Representative from New YorkHOUSEDEMOCRAT1949–1955ID H000460
LegislationHEADLINE
94%with Dems
of 262 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
94%with Dems
of 262 · both combined
Steepest move
−8 pts
1951 → 1953
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 ↓1949
1953–5483rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
87.5%with Democrats
of 48 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1951 → 1953, −8 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
Jul 20, 1954H.R. 7839LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 13, 1954H.R. 8356LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 8, 1954H.R. 9709LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 9709), 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
Jun 30, 1954H.R. 9678LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 17, 1954H.Res. 583LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 16, 1954H.R. 8729LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 15, 1954H.R. 9517LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 1, 1954H.R. 9366LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 1, 1954H.Res. 568LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 48 contested votes scored in the 83rd 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
3 Congresses81st · 194983rd · 1953
Democrat · House · NY81st–83rd
Term datesexact