Lester Holtzman

Representative from New York

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1953–1963ID H000753

LegislationHEADLINE

85%with Dems

of 365 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

85%with Dems

of 365 · both combined

Steepest move

+18 pts

1959 → 1961

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 ↓19531959

1961–6287th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

96.4%with Democrats

of 56 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1959 → 1961, +18 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

Sep 26, 1961H.R. 258No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Sep 21, 1961H.R. 5628No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Sep 18, 1961H.R. 7377No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 7377), 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

Open roll call

Sep 18, 1961H.R. 8914No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Sep 15, 1961H.Res. 464No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Sep 15, 1961H.Res. 455No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Sep 14, 1961H.R. 7500No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 13, 1961H.R. 8102No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 13, 1961H.R. 7576No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 56 contested votes scored in the 87th 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

5 Congresses

83rd · 195387th · 1961

Democrat · House · NY83rd–87th

Term datesexact

Lester Holtzman

Representative from New York

HOUSED1953–19635 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

85.2%with Democrats

of 365 votes · 14.8% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested85%of 365 · combined

Steepest move+18 pts1959→61, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019531961

1961–62 · 87th · Democrat · of 56 votes96.4%

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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 87th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

83rd · 195387th · 1961

Democrat83rd–87th

Party switchers

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