Herbert Alton Meyer

Representative from Kansas

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1947–1951ID M000680

LegislationHEADLINE

9%with Dems

of 203 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

9%with Dems

of 203 · both combined

Steepest move

+3 pts

1947 → 1949

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 ↓1947

1949–5081st Congress

Sat as a Republican

10.1%with Democrats

of 129 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1947 → 1949, +3 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

Sep 21, 1950H.R. 9526No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Sep 15, 1950H.R. 9646No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Sep 14, 1950H.J.Res. 238No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 238), 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

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Sep 14, 1950H.R. 6217No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 14, 1950H.Res. 847No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 14, 1950H.Res. 842No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 14, 1950H.Res. 842No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 31, 1950H.Res. 836No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Aug 30, 1950H.Res. 835No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 129 contested votes scored in the 81st 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

2 Congresses

80th · 194781st · 1949

Republican · House · KS80th–81st

Term datesexact

Herbert Alton Meyer

Representative from Kansas

HOUSER1947–19512 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

8.9%with Democrats

of 203 votes · 91.1% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested9%of 203 · combined

Steepest move+3 pts1947→49, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019471949

1949–50 · 81st · Republican · of 129 votes10.1%

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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 majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

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Latest 6 shown · 129 contested votes scored in the 81st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

80th · 194781st · 1949

Republican80th–81st

Party switchers

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