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Chauncey William Reed

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1935–1957ID R000111
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LegislationHEADLINE
9%with Dems
of 1,018 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
9%with Dems
of 1,018 · both combined
Steepest move
−9 pts
1945 → 1947
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 ↓1935194119471953
1955–5684th Congress
Sat as a Republican
7.4%with Democrats
of 27 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1945 → 1947, −9 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
Aug 2, 1955S. 2126No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 1, 1955S. 2576No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 1, 1955H.Res. 299No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 299), 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
Jul 29, 1955S. 2126No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 29, 1955S. 2126No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 28, 1955H.R. 6645No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 28, 1955H.R. 6645No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 28, 1955H.Res. 317No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 27, 1955H.R. 7474No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 27 contested votes scored in the 84th 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

11 Congresses
74th · 193584th · 1955
Republican · House · IL74th–84th
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
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Chauncey William Reed

Representative from Illinois
HOUSER1935–195711 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
8.7%with Democrats
of 1,018 votes · 91.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested9%of 1,018 · combined
Steepest move−9 pts1945→47, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019351955
1955–56 · 84th · Republican · of 27 votes7.4%

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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 · 27 contested votes scored in the 84th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

74th · 193584th · 1955
Republican74th–84th

Party switchers

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