DR
Donald Henry Rumsfeld
Representative from IllinoisHOUSEREPUBLICAN1963–1971ID R000508
LegislationHEADLINE
16%with Dems
of 469 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
16%with Dems
of 469 · both combined
Steepest move
+14 pts
1967 → 1969
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 ↓19631969
1969–7091st Congress
Sat as a Republican
33.3%with Democrats
of 9 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1967 → 1969, +14 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
Apr 29, 1969H.R. 4153LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 23, 1969H.R. 514LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 23, 1969H.R. 514LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 514), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Apr 16, 1969H.R. 4148LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 1, 1969H.Res. 270LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 1, 1969H.Res. 270LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 19, 1969H.R. 8508LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 18, 1969H.R. 2171LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 18, 1969S. 1058LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 9 contested votes scored in the 91st CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
4 Congresses88th · 196391st · 1969
Republican · House · IL88th–91st
Term datesexact