HP
Hugh Peterson
Representative from GeorgiaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1935–1947ID P000260
LegislationHEADLINE
73%with Dems
of 554 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
73%with Dems
of 554 · both combined
Steepest move
+18 pts
1937 → 1939
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 ↓19351941
1945–4679th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
69%with Democrats
of 71 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1937 → 1939, +18 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 2, 1946noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 1, 1946H.Res. 749LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 1, 1946noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
Jul 31, 1946S. 1253LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 16, 1946H.R. 6739LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 9, 1946H.R. 5452LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 9, 1946H.R. 6407LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 9, 1946H.R. 6837LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 8, 1946H.Res. 685LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 71 contested votes scored in the 79th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
6 Congresses74th · 193579th · 1945
Democrat · House · GA74th–79th
Term datesexact