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Darwin Gale Schisler

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1965–1967ID S000128
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LegislationHEADLINE
84%with Dems
of 172 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
84%with Dems
of 172 · 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 ↓1965
1965–6689th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
83.7%with Democrats
of 172 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
Oct 20, 1966H.R. 15111No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 20, 1966S. 3708No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 19, 1966H.R. 5688No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 5688), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Oct 14, 1966S. 3708No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 14, 1966S. 3708No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Oct 14, 1966H.R. 51No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 13, 1966H.R. 12047No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 11, 1966H.R. 17787No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 11, 1966H.R. 15941No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 172 contested votes scored in the 89th 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
89th · 1965
Democrat · House · IL89th–89th
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
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Darwin Gale Schisler

Representative from Illinois
HOUSED1965–19671 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
83.7%with Democrats
of 172 votes · 16.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested84%of 172 · combined

Career arc

10050019651965
1965–66 · 89th · Democrat · of 172 votes83.7%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
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Latest 6 shown · 172 contested votes scored in the 89th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

89th · 196589th · 1965
Democrat89th–89th

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