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Richard Howard Ichord II

Representative from Missouri
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1961–1981ID I000001
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LegislationHEADLINE
33%with Dems
of 2,688 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
33%with Dems
of 2,688 · both combined
Steepest move
−16 pts
1963 → 1965
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 ↓1961196719731979
1979–8096th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
16.7%with Democrats
of 468 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1963 → 1965, −16 pts — while still a Democrat.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

9 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Dec 12, 1980H.Res. 829No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 10, 1980H.Res. 826No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 5, 1980H.R. 8379No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 8379), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Dec 5, 1980H.R. 8105No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 5, 1980S. 1615No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 5, 1980S. 1615No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 4, 1980H.R. 7591No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 4, 1980H.R. 6417No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 4, 1980H.R. 6417No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 468 contested votes scored in the 96th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance19% · 385 votes
Congress43.2% · 236 votes
International Affairs8.7% · 149 votes
Government Operations and Politics20.3% · 138 votes
Energy20.7% · 116 votes
Transportation and Public Works16.7% · 54 votes
Labor and Employment39.6% · 48 votes
Armed Forces and National Security26.7% · 45 votes
Education11.9% · 42 votes
Taxation46.3% · 41 votes
Agriculture and Food37.8% · 37 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance13.5% · 37 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources31.3% · 32 votes
Environmental Protection23.1% · 26 votes
Commerce44% · 25 votes
Health12% · 25 votes
Law28% · 25 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement13% · 23 votes
Finance and Financial Sector38.9% · 18 votes
Housing and Community Development16.7% · 18 votes
Social Welfare26.7% · 15 votes
District of Columbia21.4% · 14 votes
Industrial relations57.1% · 14 votes
Mines and mineral resources20% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9 votes
Lobbying— · 9 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 8 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 7 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Electronic surveillance— · 7 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 7 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Private Legislation— · 6 votes
Black lung— · 5 votes
Home repair and improvement— · 5 votes
Public works— · 5 votes
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 4 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 4 votes
Government securities— · 4 votes
Income tax— · 4 votes
Municipal finance— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 3 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
Embargo— · 3 votes
Financial disclosure— · 3 votes
Indian claims— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Native Americans— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Contested elections— · 2 votes
Families— · 2 votes
Immigration— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Museums— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Territories (U.S.)— · 2 votes
Water Resources Development— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Aquaculture— · 1 vote
Barber and beauty shops— · 1 vote
Chemicals— · 1 vote
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Cultural centers— · 1 vote
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Domestic relations— · 1 vote
Droughts— · 1 vote
Earthquakes— · 1 vote
Emergency Management— · 1 vote
Executive reorganization— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Impeachments— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Political representation— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Rehabilitation— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote

They also voted in 75 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Gold, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Import restrictions, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Lakes, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Refugees, Right of privacy, Rural conditions, Salaries, Social Sciences and History, Solar energy, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

10 Congresses
87th · 196196th · 1979
Democrat · House · MO87th–96th
Term datesexact
Members · Missouri
RI

Richard Howard Ichord II

Representative from Missouri
HOUSED1961–198110 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
33.2%with Democrats
of 2,688 votes · 66.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested33%of 2,688 · combined
Steepest move−16 pts1963→65, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019611979
1979–80 · 96th · Democrat · of 468 votes16.7%

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Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.
Democratic majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 468 contested votes scored in the 96th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance19% · 385
Congress43.2% · 236
International Affairs8.7% · 149
Government Operations and Politics20.3% · 138
Energy20.7% · 116
Transportation and Public Works16.7% · 54
Labor and Employment39.6% · 48
Armed Forces and National Security26.7% · 45
Education11.9% · 42
Taxation46.3% · 41
Agriculture and Food37.8% · 37
Foreign Trade and International Finance13.5% · 37
Public Lands and Natural Resources31.3% · 32
Environmental Protection23.1% · 26
Commerce44% · 25
Health12% · 25
Law28% · 25
Crime and Law Enforcement13% · 23
Finance and Financial Sector38.9% · 18
Housing and Community Development16.7% · 18
Social Welfare26.7% · 15
District of Columbia21.4% · 14
Industrial relations57.1% · 14
Mines and mineral resources20% · 10
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9
Lobbying— · 9
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 8
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 7
Depletion allowances— · 7
Electronic surveillance— · 7
Vietnamese Conflict— · 7
Mortgages— · 6
Private Legislation— · 6
Black lung— · 5
Home repair and improvement— · 5
Public works— · 5
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 4
Commemorations— · 4
Constitutional amendments— · 4
Government securities— · 4
Income tax— · 4
Municipal finance— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Coins and coinage— · 3
Congressional-executive relations— · 3
Credit— · 3
Embargo— · 3
Financial disclosure— · 3
Indian claims— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Native Americans— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Conferences— · 2
Contested elections— · 2
Families— · 2
Immigration— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Museums— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Real property— · 2
Territories (U.S.)— · 2
Water Resources Development— · 2
Youth— · 2
Aquaculture— · 1
Barber and beauty shops— · 1
Chemicals— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Cultural centers— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Domestic relations— · 1
Droughts— · 1
Earthquakes— · 1
Emergency Management— · 1
Executive reorganization— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Impeachments— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Noise— · 1
Political representation— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Rehabilitation— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1

Also voted in 75 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Gold, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Import restrictions, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Lakes, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Refugees, Right of privacy, Rural conditions, Salaries, Social Sciences and History, Solar energy, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

87th · 196196th · 1979
Democrat87th–96th

Party switchers

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