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Chester Louis Mize

Representative from Kansas
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1965–1971ID M000832
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LegislationHEADLINE
19%with Dems
of 442 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
19%with Dems
of 442 · both combined
Steepest move
+5 pts
1967 → 1969
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 ↓1965
1969–7091st Congress
Sat as a Republican
22.9%with Democrats
of 109 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1967 → 1969, +5 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 29, 1970S. 1181No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 19, 1970H.R. 19436No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 17, 1970S. 1181No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 1181), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Dec 15, 1970H.R. 17755No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 15, 1970H.R. 17755No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 14, 1970H.Res. 1306No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 14, 1970H.Res. 1306No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 11, 1970H.Res. 1296No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 9, 1970H.J.Res. 1413No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 109 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

3 Congresses
89th · 196591st · 1969
Republican · House · KS89th–91st
Term datesexact
Members · Kansas
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Chester Louis Mize

Representative from Kansas
HOUSER1965–19713 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
19.2%with Democrats
of 442 votes · 80.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested19%of 442 · combined
Steepest move+5 pts1967→69, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019651969
1969–70 · 91st · Republican · of 109 votes22.9%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 109 contested votes scored in the 91st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

89th · 196591st · 1969
Republican89th–91st

Party switchers

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