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Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr.

Representative from New York
HOUSEOTHER PARTY→DEMOCRAT1949–1955ID R000425
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LegislationHEADLINE
94%with Dems
of 251 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
94%with Dems
of 251 · both combined
Steepest move
−3 pts
1951 → 1953
still a Democrat
Changed parties
82nd
O → D · first Congress under it

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 ↓1949O→D · 82nd
1953–5483rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
91.5%with Democrats
of 59 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1951 → 1953, −3 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
Aug 19, 1954H.R. 10051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 17, 1954S. 3706No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 9, 1954H.R. 9678No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 9678), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
Jul 30, 1954H.R. 9666No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 28, 1954H.R. 8300No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 28, 1954H.R. 10051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 26, 1954H.R. 9757No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 26, 1954H.R. 9757No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 23, 1954H.R. 9757No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 59 contested votes scored in the 83rd 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

3 Congresses
81st · 194982nd · 195183rd · 1953
Other party · House · NY81st–81st
Democrat · House · NY82nd–83rd
Term datesexact
Members · New York
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr.

Representative from New York
HOUSEO→D1949–19553 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
94.4%with Democrats
of 251 votes · 5.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested94%of 251 · combined
Steepest move−3 pts1951→53, as a Democrat
Changed parties82ndO→D

Career arc

100500O→D19491953
1953–54 · 83rd · Democrat · of 59 votes91.5%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 59 contested votes scored in the 83rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

81st · 194983rd · 1953
Other party81st–81st
Democrat82nd–83rd

Other party switchers

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