David Lane Powers

Representative from New Jersey

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1933–1947ID P000488

LegislationHEADLINE

13%with Dems

of 623 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

13%with Dems

of 623 · both combined

Steepest move

+15 pts

1939 → 1941

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 ↓193319391945

1945–4679th Congress

Sat as a Republican

8%with Democrats

of 25 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1939 → 1941, +15 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 28, 1945H.R. 3238No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Jun 28, 1945H.Res. 292No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Jun 28, 1945H.R. 3579No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 3579), 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

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Jun 23, 1945H.J.Res. 101No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jun 23, 1945H.J.Res. 101No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Jun 23, 1945H.J.Res. 101No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jun 23, 1945H.J.Res. 101No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 25 contested votes scored in the 79th 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

7 Congresses

73rd · 193379th · 1945

Republican · House · NJ73rd–79th

Term datesexact

David Lane Powers

Representative from New Jersey

HOUSER1933–19477 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

13.2%with Democrats

of 623 votes · 86.8% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested13%of 623 · combined

Steepest move+15 pts1939→41, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019331945

1945–46 · 79th · Republican · of 25 votes8%

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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 · 25 contested votes scored in the 79th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

73rd · 193379th · 1945

Republican73rd–79th

Party switchers

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