Gordon Harry Scherer

Representative from Ohio

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1953–1963ID S000120

LegislationHEADLINE

8%with Dems

of 420 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

8%with Dems

of 420 · both combined

Steepest move

−9 pts

1959 → 1961

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 ↓19531959

1961–6287th Congress

Sat as a Republican

2.8%with Democrats

of 107 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1959 → 1961, −9 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 11, 1962S. 3451No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Oct 6, 1962H.R. 13175No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Oct 4, 1962H.R. 11970No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 11970), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored

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Oct 3, 1962H.R. 13273No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Oct 2, 1962H.Res. 822No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Sep 26, 1962S.J.Res. 230No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 26, 1962S.J.Res. 230No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Sep 25, 1962H.R. 10No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 21, 1962H.R. 117324No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 107 contested votes scored in the 87th 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

5 Congresses

83rd · 195387th · 1961

Republican · House · OH83rd–87th

Term datesexact

Gordon Harry Scherer

Representative from Ohio

HOUSER1953–19635 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

8.1%with Democrats

of 420 votes · 91.9% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested8%of 420 · combined

Steepest move−9 pts1959→61, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019531961

1961–62 · 87th · Republican · of 107 votes2.8%

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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 majorityYea

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 107 contested votes scored in the 87th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

83rd · 195387th · 1961

Republican83rd–87th

Party switchers

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