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Paul Fornshell Schenck

Representative from Ohio
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1951–1965ID S000117
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LegislationHEADLINE
11%with Dems
of 588 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
11%with Dems
of 588 · both combined
Steepest move
+8 pts
1951 → 1953
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 ↓195119571963
1963–6488th Congress
Sat as a Republican
11.2%with Democrats
of 116 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1951 → 1953, +8 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
Oct 3, 1964H.R. 12633No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 1, 1964S. 3060No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 1, 1964S. 3060No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3060), 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
Oct 1, 1964H.Res. 892No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Sep 23, 1964H.R. 1096No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Sep 22, 1964H.R. 12633No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Sep 3, 1964S. 2220No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 3, 1964H.R. 12298No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 3, 1964H.R. 12298No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 116 contested votes scored in the 88th 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

7 Congresses
82nd · 195188th · 1963
Republican · House · OH82nd–88th
Term datesexact
Members · Ohio
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Paul Fornshell Schenck

Representative from Ohio
HOUSER1951–19657 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
10.5%with Democrats
of 588 votes · 89.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested11%of 588 · combined
Steepest move+8 pts1951→53, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019511963
1963–64 · 88th · Republican · of 116 votes11.2%

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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
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 116 contested votes scored in the 88th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

82nd · 195188th · 1963
Republican82nd–88th

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40thWesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105thBen Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th
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