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Claude Benton Hudspeth

Representative from Texas
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1919–1931ID H000910
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LegislationHEADLINE
83%with Dems
of 446 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
83%with Dems
of 446 · both combined
Steepest move
−14 pts
1927 → 1929
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 ↓19191925
1929–3071st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
76.9%with Democrats
of 13 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1927 → 1929, −14 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
Jan 23, 1931H.R. 16110No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 20, 1930H.J.Res. 251No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 17, 1930H.R. 10813No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10813), 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
Jun 16, 1930H.R. 9990No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 14, 1930H.R. 2667No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 14, 1930H.Res. 253No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 11, 1930H.R. 7638No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 2, 1930S. 476No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 3, 1930H.R. 2667No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 13 contested votes scored in the 71st 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

6 Congresses
66th · 191971st · 1929
Democrat · House · TX66th–71st
Term datesexact
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Claude Benton Hudspeth

Representative from Texas
HOUSED1919–19316 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
82.7%with Democrats
of 446 votes · 17.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested83%of 446 · combined
Steepest move−14 pts1927→29, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019191929
1929–30 · 71st · Democrat · of 13 votes76.9%

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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 · 13 contested votes scored in the 71st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

66th · 191971st · 1929
Democrat66th–71st

Party switchers

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