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Graham Boynton Purcell Jr.
Representative from TexasHOUSEDEMOCRAT1961–1973ID P000569
LegislationHEADLINE
64%with Dems
of 670 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
64%with Dems
of 670 · both combined
Steepest move
−20 pts
1967 → 1969
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 ↓19611967
1971–7292nd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
43.8%with Democrats
of 162 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1967 → 1969, −20 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
Oct 12, 1972H.R. 14370LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 12, 1972H.R. 16987LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 5, 1972H.Res. 1145LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 1145), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Oct 4, 1972S. 1316LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 4, 1972S. 1316LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 4, 1972S. 1316LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 4, 1972S. 2770LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 4, 1972H.R. 15927LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 4, 1972H.Res. 1142LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 162 contested votes scored in the 92nd 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 Congresses87th · 196192nd · 1971
Democrat · House · TX87th–92nd
Term datesexact