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Howard Winfield Robison

Representative from New York
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1957–1975ID R000357
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LegislationHEADLINE
31%with Dems
of 1,369 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
31%with Dems
of 1,369 · both combined
Steepest move
+14 pts
1959 → 1961
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 ↓195719631969
1973–7493rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
40.3%with Democrats
of 357 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1959 → 1961, +14 pts — within one party label.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

9 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 14449No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 6668No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 10710No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10710), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1494No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974S. 3976No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1974S. 2439No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 18, 1974H.R. 15977No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1974S. 3934No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 357 contested votes scored in the 93rd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance30.1% · 73 votes
Congress24.4% · 41 votes
Energy48.4% · 31 votes
Labor and Employment9.5% · 21 votes
International Affairs77.8% · 18 votes
Transportation and Public Works43.8% · 16 votes
District of Columbia84.6% · 13 votes
Government Operations and Politics7.7% · 13 votes
Armed Forces and National Security58.3% · 12 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Law— · 9 votes
Mines and mineral resources— · 8 votes
Health— · 7 votes
Commerce— · 6 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 5 votes
Environmental Protection— · 5 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Education— · 4 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 4 votes
Agriculture and Food— · 3 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 3 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 2 votes
Public works— · 2 votes
Immigration— · 1 vote
Monuments and memorials— · 1 vote
Private Legislation— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Science, Technology, Communications— · 1 vote
Social Welfare— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 27 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Gold, Impeachments, Livestock, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Real property, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

9 Congresses
85th · 195793rd · 1973
Republican · House · NY85th–93rd
Term datesexact
Members · New York
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Howard Winfield Robison

Representative from New York
HOUSER1957–19759 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
30.5%with Democrats
of 1,369 votes · 69.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested31%of 1,369 · combined
Steepest move+14 pts1959→61, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019571973
1973–74 · 93rd · Republican · of 357 votes40.3%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.
Democratic majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 357 contested votes scored in the 93rd

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance30.1% · 73
Congress24.4% · 41
Energy48.4% · 31
Labor and Employment9.5% · 21
International Affairs77.8% · 18
Transportation and Public Works43.8% · 16
District of Columbia84.6% · 13
Government Operations and Politics7.7% · 13
Armed Forces and National Security58.3% · 12
Law— · 9
Mines and mineral resources— · 8
Health— · 7
Commerce— · 6
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 5
Environmental Protection— · 5
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Education— · 4
Housing and Community Development— · 4
Agriculture and Food— · 3
Coins and coinage— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 3
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 2
Public works— · 2
Immigration— · 1
Monuments and memorials— · 1
Private Legislation— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Science, Technology, Communications— · 1
Social Welfare— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 27 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Gold, Impeachments, Livestock, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Real property, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Service record

85th · 195793rd · 1973
Republican85th–93rd

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