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Catherine Dean May

Representative from Washington
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1959–1971ID M000273
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LegislationHEADLINE
20%with Dems
of 743 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
20%with Dems
of 743 · both combined
Steepest move
+12 pts
1959 → 1961
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 ↓19591965
1969–7091st Congress
Sat as a Republican
17.6%with Democrats
of 102 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1959 → 1961, +12 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
Dec 19, 1970H.R. 19436No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 17, 1970S. 1181No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 16, 1970H.R. 18582No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 18582), 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
Dec 16, 1970H.R. 17867No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 9, 1970H.J.Res. 1413No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 9, 1970H.J.Res. 1413No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 8, 1970H.Res. 1290No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 8, 1970H.R. 17755No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 7, 1970H.Res. 1282No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 102 contested votes scored in the 91st 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
86th · 195991st · 1969
Republican · House · WA86th–91st
Term datesexact
Members · Washington
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Catherine Dean May

Representative from Washington
HOUSER1959–19716 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
20.2%with Democrats
of 743 votes · 79.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested20%of 743 · combined
Steepest move+12 pts1959→61, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019591969
1969–70 · 91st · Republican · of 102 votes17.6%

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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 · 102 contested votes scored in the 91st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

86th · 195991st · 1969
Republican86th–91st

Party switchers

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