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Charles Robert Howell

Representative from New Jersey
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1949–1955ID H000858
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LegislationHEADLINE
89%with Dems
of 296 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
89%with Dems
of 296 · both combined
Steepest move
−22 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
73%with Democrats
of 63 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1951 → 1953, −22 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
Aug 19, 1954H.R. 10051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 16, 1954S. 3706No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 9, 1954H.R. 9678No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 9678), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
Aug 9, 1954H.Res. 687No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Aug 9, 1954H.R. 9245No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 9, 1954H.Res. 590No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 4, 1954S. 16No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 30, 1954H.R. 8384No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 30, 1954H.Con.Res. 266No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 63 contested votes scored in the 83rd 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

3 Congresses
81st · 194983rd · 1953
Democrat · House · NJ81st–83rd
Term datesexact
Members · New Jersey
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Charles Robert Howell

Representative from New Jersey
HOUSED1949–19553 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
89.2%with Democrats
of 296 votes · 10.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested89%of 296 · combined
Steepest move−22 pts1951→53, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019491953
1953–54 · 83rd · Democrat · of 63 votes73%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 63 contested votes scored in the 83rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

81st · 194983rd · 1953
Democrat81st–83rd

Party switchers

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