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Hjalmar Carl Nygaard

Representative from North Dakota
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1961–1965ID N000178
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LegislationHEADLINE
19%with Dems
of 135 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
19%with Dems
of 135 · both combined
Steepest move
+3 pts
1961 → 1963
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 ↓1961
1963–6488th Congress
Sat as a Republican
21.7%with Democrats
of 23 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1961 → 1963, +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
Jul 18, 1963H.R. 5171No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 17, 1963H.R. 5279No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 17, 1963H.R. 5279No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 5279), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Jul 16, 1963H.R. 1043No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 9, 1963H.R. 3179No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 26, 1963H.R. 7179No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 24, 1963H.R. 6177No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 19, 1963H.J.Res. 247No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 18, 1963H.R. 7063No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 23 contested votes scored in the 88th 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
87th · 196188th · 1963
Republican · House · ND87th–88th
Term datesexact
Members · North Dakota
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Hjalmar Carl Nygaard

Representative from North Dakota
HOUSER1961–19652 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
19.3%with Democrats
of 135 votes · 80.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested19%of 135 · combined
Steepest move+3 pts1961→63, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019611963
1963–64 · 88th · Republican · of 23 votes21.7%

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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 · 23 contested votes scored in the 88th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

87th · 196188th · 1963
Republican87th–88th

Party switchers

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