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Clarence Frederick Lea

Representative from California
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1917–1949ID L000163
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LegislationHEADLINE
66%with Dems
of 1,313 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
66%with Dems
of 1,313 · both combined
Steepest move
+33 pts
1929 → 1931
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 ↓191719231929193519411947
1947–4880th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
50%with Democrats
of 64 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1929 → 1931, +33 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
Aug 7, 1948H.Res. 711No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 7, 1948H.Res. 709No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 5, 1948S.J.Res. 157No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.J.Res. 157), 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
Aug 4, 1948H.Res. 707No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 20, 1948H.R. 6801No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 19, 1948S. 2655No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 19, 1948H.R. 6481No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 18, 1948H.R. 6959No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 18, 1948S. 2242No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 64 contested votes scored in the 80th 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

16 Congresses
65th · 191780th · 1947
Democrat · House · CA65th–80th
Term datesexact
Members · California
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Clarence Frederick Lea

Representative from California
HOUSED1917–194916 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
66%with Democrats
of 1,313 votes · 34% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested66%of 1,313 · combined
Steepest move+33 pts1929→31, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019171947
1947–48 · 80th · Democrat · of 64 votes50%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 64 contested votes scored in the 80th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

65th · 191780th · 1947
Democrat65th–80th

Party switchers

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