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Ralph Julian Rivers

Representative from Alaska
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1959–1967ID R000282
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LegislationHEADLINE
96%with Dems
of 490 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
96%with Dems
of 490 · both combined
Steepest move
+5 pts
1959 → 1961
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 ↓19591965
1965–6689th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
98.1%with Democrats
of 162 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1959 → 1961, +5 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 20, 1966H.R. 17607No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 20, 1966H.R. 15111No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 20, 1966S. 3708No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3708), 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
Oct 19, 1966H.R. 5688No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 18, 1966H.R. 18381No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 14, 1966S. 3708No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 14, 1966S. 3708No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 14, 1966H.R. 51No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 7, 1966H.R. 17788No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 162 contested votes scored in the 89th 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

4 Congresses
86th · 195989th · 1965
Democrat · House · AK86th–89th
Term datesexact
Members · Alaska
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Ralph Julian Rivers

Representative from Alaska
HOUSED1959–19674 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
96.3%with Democrats
of 490 votes · 3.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested96%of 490 · combined
Steepest move+5 pts1959→61, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019591965
1965–66 · 89th · Democrat · of 162 votes98.1%

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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 · 162 contested votes scored in the 89th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

86th · 195989th · 1965
Democrat86th–89th

Party switchers

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