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Harlan Erwin Mitchell

Representative from Georgia
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1957–1961ID M000812
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LegislationHEADLINE
83%with Dems
of 120 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
83%with Dems
of 120 · both combined
Steepest move
+13 pts
1957 → 1959
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 ↓1957
1959–6086th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
86.6%with Democrats
of 82 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1957 → 1959, +13 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
Jul 2, 1960H.R. 2467No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 2, 1960H.Res. 596No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 1, 1960H.R. 8665No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 8665), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
Jul 1, 1960H.R. 9883No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 30, 1960H.R. 12311No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 30, 1960H.R. 12677No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 30, 1960H.R. 12677No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 30, 1960H.R. 11998No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 29, 1960H.R. 11001No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 82 contested votes scored in the 86th 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
85th · 195786th · 1959
Democrat · House · GA85th–86th
Term datesexact
Members · Georgia
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Harlan Erwin Mitchell

Representative from Georgia
HOUSED1957–19612 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
82.5%with Democrats
of 120 votes · 17.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested83%of 120 · combined
Steepest move+13 pts1957→59, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019571959
1959–60 · 86th · Democrat · of 82 votes86.6%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 82 contested votes scored in the 86th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

85th · 195786th · 1959
Democrat85th–86th

Party switchers

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