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Jerry Lon Litton

Representative from Missouri
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1973–1977ID L000360
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LegislationHEADLINE
73%with Dems
of 696 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
73%with Dems
of 696 · both combined
Steepest move
+9 pts
1973 → 1975
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 ↓1973
1975–7694th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
77.8%with Democrats
of 352 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1973 → 1975, +9 pts — while still a Democrat.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

9 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Jul 1, 1976H.Res. 1396No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 1, 1976H.Res. 1368No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 30, 1976H.R. 12438No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12438), 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
Jun 30, 1976H.R. 12438No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 30, 1976H.R. 9771No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 30, 1976H.R. 14261No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 30, 1976H.R. 14261No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 30, 1976S. 32950No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 30, 1976S. 3295No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 352 contested votes scored in the 94th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance73% · 122 votes
Energy62.8% · 78 votes
Congress77.3% · 75 votes
Government Operations and Politics78.3% · 46 votes
Transportation and Public Works58.3% · 24 votes
International Affairs36.4% · 22 votes
Agriculture and Food76.2% · 21 votes
Labor and Employment95.2% · 21 votes
Armed Forces and National Security80% · 20 votes
Taxation88.2% · 17 votes
Commerce78.6% · 14 votes
Law53.8% · 13 votes
District of Columbia58.3% · 12 votes
Mines and mineral resources81.8% · 11 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Education— · 9 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 8 votes
Environmental Protection— · 8 votes
Finance and Financial Sector— · 7 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 7 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 7 votes
Health— · 6 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 6 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Depletion allowances— · 4 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 4 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 2 votes
Coins and coinage— · 2 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Mortgages— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Private Legislation— · 2 votes
Public works— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Social Welfare— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Credit— · 1 vote
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Industrial relations— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 40 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Congressional oversight, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Fire fighters, Fishes, Government life insurance, Impeachments, Interest, Leases, Libraries, Lobbying, Lotteries, Minorities, Monuments and memorials, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, National emblems, Native Americans, Prices, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Refugees, Right to counsel, Sports and Recreation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

2 Congresses
93rd · 197394th · 1975
Democrat · House · MO93rd–94th
Term datesexact
Members · Missouri
JL

Jerry Lon Litton

Representative from Missouri
HOUSED1973–19772 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
73.3%with Democrats
of 696 votes · 26.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested73%of 696 · combined
Steepest move+9 pts1973→75, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019731975
1975–76 · 94th · Democrat · of 352 votes77.8%

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Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.
Democratic majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 352 contested votes scored in the 94th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance73% · 122
Energy62.8% · 78
Congress77.3% · 75
Government Operations and Politics78.3% · 46
Transportation and Public Works58.3% · 24
International Affairs36.4% · 22
Agriculture and Food76.2% · 21
Labor and Employment95.2% · 21
Armed Forces and National Security80% · 20
Taxation88.2% · 17
Commerce78.6% · 14
Law53.8% · 13
District of Columbia58.3% · 12
Mines and mineral resources81.8% · 11
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Education— · 9
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 8
Environmental Protection— · 8
Finance and Financial Sector— · 7
Housing and Community Development— · 7
Science, Technology, Communications— · 7
Health— · 6
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6
Vietnamese Conflict— · 6
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Depletion allowances— · 4
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 4
International economic relations— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 2
Coins and coinage— · 2
Conferences— · 2
Constitutional amendments— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Mortgages— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Private Legislation— · 2
Public works— · 2
Real property— · 2
Social Welfare— · 2
Youth— · 2
Credit— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Gold— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Industrial relations— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Noise— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Rivers— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 40 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Congressional oversight, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Fire fighters, Fishes, Government life insurance, Impeachments, Interest, Leases, Libraries, Lobbying, Lotteries, Minorities, Monuments and memorials, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, National emblems, Native Americans, Prices, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Refugees, Right to counsel, Sports and Recreation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

93rd · 197394th · 1975
Democrat93rd–94th

Party switchers

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