Arthur George Klein

Representative from New York

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1941–1957ID K000261

LegislationHEADLINE

93%with Dems

of 539 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

93%with Dems

of 539 · both combined

Steepest move

−6 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 ↓194119471953

1955–5684th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

91.5%with Democrats

of 59 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1951 → 1953, −6 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

Jul 27, 1956H.Res. 604No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jul 27, 1956S. 3338No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Jul 27, 1956H.Res. 625No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 625), 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

Open roll call

Jul 26, 1956H.R. 8902No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Jul 26, 1956H.Res. 602No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Jul 26, 1956H.Res. 641No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jul 25, 1956H.Res. 638No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Jul 25, 1956H.Res. 618No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 24, 1956H.R. 12061No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 59 contested votes scored in the 84th 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

8 Congresses

77th · 194184th · 1955

Democrat · House · NY77th–84th

Term datesexact

Arthur George Klein

Representative from New York

HOUSED1941–19578 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

92.6%with Democrats

of 539 votes · 7.4% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested93%of 539 · combined

Steepest move−6 pts1951→53, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019411955

1955–56 · 84th · Democrat · of 59 votes91.5%

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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

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 59 contested votes scored in the 84th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

77th · 194184th · 1955

Democrat77th–84th

Party switchers

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