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James Russell Leech

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1927–1933ID L000209
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LegislationHEADLINE
6%with Dems
of 84 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
6%with Dems
of 84 · both combined
Steepest move
−5 pts
1927 → 1929
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 ↓1927
1931–3272nd Congress
Sat as a Republican
0%with Democrats
of 4 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1927 → 1929, −5 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
Jan 19, 1932H.R. 7360No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 15, 1932H.R. 7360No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 9, 1932H.R. 6662No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 6662), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Jan 8, 1932H.R. 87No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 6, 1932H.R. 6660No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1931H.J.Res. 147No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 8, 1931H.R. 5No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 8, 1931H.R. 5No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 7, 1931noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 4 contested votes scored in the 72nd 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

3 Congresses
70th · 192772nd · 1931
Republican · House · PA70th–72nd
Term datesexact
Members · Pennsylvania
JL

James Russell Leech

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSER1927–19333 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
6%with Democrats
of 84 votes · 94% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested6%of 84 · combined
Steepest move−5 pts1927→29, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019271931
1931–32 · 72nd · Republican · of 4 votes0%

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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 · 4 contested votes scored in the 72nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

70th · 192772nd · 1931
Republican70th–72nd

Party switchers

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