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Joseph Francis Ryter

Representative from Connecticut
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1945–1947ID R000565
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LegislationHEADLINE
92%with Dems
of 96 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
92%with Dems
of 96 · both combined

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 ↓1945
1945–4679th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
91.7%with Democrats
of 96 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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
Jul 24, 1946H.R. 5924No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 23, 1946H.J.Res. 371No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 23, 1946H.J.Res. 371No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 371), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Jul 22, 1946S. 223No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 22, 1946S. 1426No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 20, 1946S. 1717No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 20, 1946S. 1717No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 16, 1946H.R. 6739No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 13, 1946S.J.Res. 138No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 96 contested votes scored in the 79th 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

1 Congresses
79th · 1945
Democrat · House · CT79th–79th
Term datesexact
Members · Connecticut
JR

Joseph Francis Ryter

Representative from Connecticut
HOUSED1945–19471 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
91.7%with Democrats
of 96 votes · 8.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested92%of 96 · combined

Career arc

10050019451945
1945–46 · 79th · Democrat · of 96 votes91.7%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
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Latest 6 shown · 96 contested votes scored in the 79th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

79th · 194579th · 1945
Democrat79th–79th

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