Robert Griffith Houston

Representative from Delaware

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1925–1933ID H000826

LegislationHEADLINE

10%with Dems

of 184 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

10%with Dems

of 184 · both combined

Steepest move

−9 pts

1927 → 1929

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 ↓19251931

1931–3272nd Congress

Sat as a Republican

11.3%with Democrats

of 62 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1927 → 1929, −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

Mar 1, 1933S. 5612No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 28, 1933S. 5122No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 28, 1933H.R. 397No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 397), 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

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Feb 27, 1933S. 5469No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 25, 1933H.R. 14363No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 25, 1933H.R. 14395No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Feb 24, 1933H.R. 14395No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 24, 1933H.R. 387No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Feb 20, 1933S.J.Res. 211No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 62 contested votes scored in the 72nd 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

69th · 192572nd · 1931

Republican · House · DE69th–72nd

Term datesexact

Robert Griffith Houston

Representative from Delaware

HOUSER1925–19334 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

9.8%with Democrats

of 184 votes · 90.2% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested10%of 184 · combined

Steepest move−9 pts1927→29, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019251931

1931–32 · 72nd · Republican · of 62 votes11.3%

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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 majorityYea

Republican majorityNay

Counts toward scoreYes

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Latest 6 shown · 62 contested votes scored in the 72nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

69th · 192572nd · 1931

Republican69th–72nd

Party switchers

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