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Morris Blaine Peterson

Representative from Utah
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1961–1963ID P000264
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LegislationHEADLINE
87%with Dems
of 102 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
87%with Dems
of 102 · both combined

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
1961–6287th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
87.3%with Democrats
of 102 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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
Oct 6, 1962H.R. 13175No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 4, 1962S. 1123No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 4, 1962H.R. 11970No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 11970), 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
Oct 3, 1962H.R. 13273No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 3, 1962H.Res. 823No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 2, 1962H.Res. 822No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 1, 1962H.R. 13241No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 1, 1962H.R. 5698No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 1, 1962H.Res. 818No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 102 contested votes scored in the 87th 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

1 Congresses
87th · 1961
Democrat · House · UT87th–87th
Term datesexact
Members · Utah
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Morris Blaine Peterson

Representative from Utah
HOUSED1961–19631 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
87.3%with Democrats
of 102 votes · 12.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested87%of 102 · combined

Career arc

10050019611961
1961–62 · 87th · Democrat · of 102 votes87.3%

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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
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 102 contested votes scored in the 87th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

87th · 196187th · 1961
Democrat87th–87th

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