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J. T. Rutherford
Representative from TexasHOUSEDEMOCRAT1955–1963ID R000547
LegislationHEADLINE
71%with Dems
of 370 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
71%with Dems
of 370 · both combined
Steepest move
−18 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 ↓19551961
1961–6287th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
65%with Democrats
of 117 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1959 → 1961, −18 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 13, 1962H.R. 12900LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Oct 12, 1962H.R. 12900LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Oct 11, 1962S. 3451LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3451), 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 10, 1962H.R. 8952LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 10, 1962H.R. 12580LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 10, 1962H.Res. 831LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 6, 1962H.R. 13175LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 5, 1962S. 1447LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 5, 1962H.Con.Res. 570LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 117 contested votes scored in the 87th 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 Congresses84th · 195587th · 1961
Democrat · House · TX84th–87th
Term datesexact