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Richard Estep Lankford
Representative from MarylandHOUSEDEMOCRAT1955–1965ID L000081
LegislationHEADLINE
89%with Dems
of 445 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
89%with Dems
of 445 · both combined
Steepest move
+10 pts
1959 → 1961
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 ↓19551961
1963–6488th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
96.3%with Democrats
of 82 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1959 → 1961, +10 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
Sep 23, 1964H.R. 1096LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 3, 1964S. 2220LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 3, 1964H.R. 12298LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12298), 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
Sep 3, 1964H.R. 12298LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 19, 1964H.R. 11926LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 19, 1964H.Res. 845LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 18, 1964H.R. 1839LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Aug 12, 1964S. 1627LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 8, 1964S. 2642LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 82 contested votes scored in the 88th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
5 Congresses84th · 195588th · 1963
Democrat · House · MD84th–88th
Term datesexact