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Prince Hulon Preston Jr.

Representative from Georgia
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1947–1961ID P000516
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LegislationHEADLINE
77%with Dems
of 587 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
77%with Dems
of 587 · both combined
Steepest move
+11 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 ↓194719531959
1959–6086th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
70.8%with Democrats
of 89 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1949 → 1951, +11 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 31, 1960H.R. 13161No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 22, 1960H.R. 9866No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 22, 1960H.R. 5383No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 5383), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Aug 22, 1960H.R. 12753No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 2, 1960H.R. 2467No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 2, 1960H.R. 2467No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 2, 1960H.Res. 596No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 1, 1960H.R. 9883No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 30, 1960H.R. 12311No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 89 contested votes scored in the 86th 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
80th · 194786th · 1959
Democrat · House · GA80th–86th
Term datesexact
Members · Georgia
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Prince Hulon Preston Jr.

Representative from Georgia
HOUSED1947–19617 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
76.8%with Democrats
of 587 votes · 23.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested77%of 587 · combined
Steepest move+11 pts1949→51, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019471959
1959–60 · 86th · Democrat · of 89 votes70.8%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 89 contested votes scored in the 86th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

80th · 194786th · 1959
Democrat80th–86th

Party switchers

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