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Albert McKinley Rains
Representative from AlabamaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1945–1965ID R000018
LegislationHEADLINE
88%with Dems
of 818 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
88%with Dems
of 818 · both combined
Steepest move
−10 pts
1953 → 1955
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 ↓1945195119571963
1963–6488th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
96.1%with Democrats
of 77 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1953 → 1955, −10 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 1, 1964H.Res. 892LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 19, 1964H.R. 11926LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Aug 19, 1964H.Res. 845LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 845), 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
Aug 19, 1964S. 3049LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 18, 1964H.R. 1839LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 17, 1964H.R. 9000LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 14, 1964S. 1006LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 13, 1964H.R. 12175LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 13, 1964H.R. 12175LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 77 contested votes scored in the 88th 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
10 Congresses79th · 194588th · 1963
Democrat · House · AL79th–88th
Term datesexact