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Harold Barnett McSween
Representative from LouisianaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1959–1963ID M000605
LegislationHEADLINE
53%with Dems
of 159 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
53%with Dems
of 159 · both combined
Steepest move
−4 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 ↓1959
1961–6287th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
51.3%with Democrats
of 76 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1959 → 1961, −4 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
Oct 6, 1962H.R. 13175LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 4, 1962S. 1123LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Sep 20, 1962H.R. 12391LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12391), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Sep 19, 1962H.R. 11363LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 14, 1962H.R. 11974LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Sep 14, 1962S. 2768LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 14, 1962S. 2768LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 29, 1962H.R. 10113LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 27, 1962H.R. 11040LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 76 contested votes scored in the 87th 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
2 Congresses86th · 195987th · 1961
Democrat · House · LA86th–87th
Term datesexact