Robert Fleming Rich

Representative from Pennsylvania

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1929–1951ID R000209

LegislationHEADLINE

7%with Dems

of 852 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

7%with Dems

of 852 · both combined

Steepest move

−9 pts

1931 → 1933

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 ↓1929193519411947

1949–5081st Congress

Sat as a Republican

3.8%with Democrats

of 130 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1931 → 1933, −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

Jan 2, 1951H.R. 5244No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Jan 1, 1951S. 3295No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Jan 1, 1951S. 3295No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3295), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.

Where this lands

YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored

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Jan 1, 1951S. 3295No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Dec 7, 1950H.R. 9763No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Dec 7, 1950H.R. 9763No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Dec 5, 1950H.R. 9827No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Dec 5, 1950H.R. 9827No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Sep 22, 1950H.R. 9490No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 130 contested votes scored in the 81st 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

10 Congresses

71st · 192981st · 1949

Republican · House · PA71st–81st

Term datesexact

Robert Fleming Rich

Representative from Pennsylvania

HOUSER1929–195110 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

6.9%with Democrats

of 852 votes · 93.1% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested7%of 852 · combined

Steepest move−9 pts1931→33, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019291949

1949–50 · 81st · Republican · of 130 votes3.8%

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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 majorityNay

Republican majorityNay

Counts toward scoreNo

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Latest 6 shown · 130 contested votes scored in the 81st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

71st · 192981st · 1949

Republican71st–81st

Party switchers

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