Harold Ambrose Patten

Representative from Arizona

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1949–1955ID P000107

LegislationHEADLINE

69%with Dems

of 300 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

69%with Dems

of 300 · both combined

Steepest move

−32 pts

1949 → 1951

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 ↓1949

1953–5483rd Congress

Sat as a Democrat

73.8%with Democrats

of 61 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1949 → 1951, −32 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

Aug 19, 1954H.R. 10051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Aug 9, 1954H.R. 9678No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Aug 4, 1954S. 16No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 16), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored

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Jul 30, 1954H.R. 8384No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Jul 30, 1954H.Con.Res. 266No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jul 30, 1954H.R. 9666No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jul 30, 1954H.R. 7840No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 29, 1954H.Con.Res. 265No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jul 28, 1954H.Res. 626No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 61 contested votes scored in the 83rd 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

81st · 194983rd · 1953

Democrat · House · AZ81st–83rd

Term datesexact

Harold Ambrose Patten

Representative from Arizona

HOUSED1949–19553 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

68.7%with Democrats

of 300 votes · 31.3% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested69%of 300 · combined

Steepest move−32 pts1949→51, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019491953

1953–54 · 83rd · Democrat · of 61 votes73.8%

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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 · 61 contested votes scored in the 83rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

81st · 194983rd · 1953

Democrat81st–83rd

Party switchers

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