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C. Norris Poulson

Representative from California
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1943–1955ID P000475
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LegislationHEADLINE
17%with Dems
of 352 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
17%with Dems
of 352 · both combined
Steepest move
−16 pts
1949 → 1951
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 ↓19431949
1953–5483rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
0%with Democrats
of 11 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1949 → 1951, −16 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
Jun 3, 1953H.Res. 236No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
May 13, 1953H.Res. 232No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 5, 1953H.R. 4974No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 4974), 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
Apr 22, 1953H.R. 4663No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Apr 15, 1953H.R. 4004No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Apr 15, 1953H.R. 3480No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 1, 1953H.R. 4198No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 1, 1953H.R. 4198No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 19, 1953H.R. 3053No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 11 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

5 Congresses
78th · 194383rd · 1953
Republican · House · CA78th–83rd
Term datesexact
Members · California
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C. Norris Poulson

Representative from California
HOUSER1943–19555 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
17%with Democrats
of 352 votes · 83% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested17%of 352 · combined
Steepest move−16 pts1949→51, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019431953
1953–54 · 83rd · Republican · of 11 votes0%

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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 · 11 contested votes scored in the 83rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

78th · 194383rd · 1953
Republican78th–83rd

Party switchers

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