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Jacob Banks Kurtz

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1923–1935ID K000344
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LegislationHEADLINE
11%with Dems
of 361 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
11%with Dems
of 361 · both combined
Steepest move
−8 pts
1931 → 1933
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 ↓19231929
1933–3473rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
4.4%with Democrats
of 91 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1931 → 1933, −8 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
Jun 16, 1934S.J.Res. 131No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 15, 1934H.R. 441No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 15, 1934H.R. 9725No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 9725), 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
Jun 15, 1934H.R. 404No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 15, 1934S. 3645No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 14, 1934S. 3530No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 14, 1934H.R. 400No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 11, 1934S. 2347No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 11, 1934H.R. 9459No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 91 contested votes scored in the 73rd 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
68th · 192373rd · 1933
Republican · House · PA68th–73rd
Term datesexact
Members · Pennsylvania
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Jacob Banks Kurtz

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSER1923–19356 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
10.5%with Democrats
of 361 votes · 89.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested11%of 361 · combined
Steepest move−8 pts1931→33, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019231933
1933–34 · 73rd · Republican · of 91 votes4.4%

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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 · 91 contested votes scored in the 73rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

68th · 192373rd · 1933
Republican68th–73rd

Party switchers

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