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Frederick Delbert Schwengel

Representative from Iowa
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1955–1973ID S000161
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LegislationHEADLINE
33%with Dems
of 952 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
33%with Dems
of 952 · both combined
Steepest move
+18 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 ↓195519611967
1971–7292nd Congress
Sat as a Republican
40.2%with Democrats
of 194 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1959 → 1961, +18 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 17, 1972H.R. 16810No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 17, 1972H.R. 1No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1972H.R. 1166No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 1166), 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, 1972H.J.Res. 1331No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1972S. 4062No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1972H.Res. 1147No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1972H.R. 12006No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 13, 1972H.R. 16654No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 13, 1972H.Res. 1153No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 194 contested votes scored in the 92nd 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

8 Congresses
84th · 195592nd · 1971
Republican · House · IA84th–92nd
Term datesexact
Members · Iowa
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Frederick Delbert Schwengel

Representative from Iowa
HOUSER1955–19738 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
33.4%with Democrats
of 952 votes · 66.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested33%of 952 · combined
Steepest move+18 pts1959→61, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019551971
1971–72 · 92nd · Republican · of 194 votes40.2%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 194 contested votes scored in the 92nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

84th · 195592nd · 1971
Republican84th–92nd

Party switchers

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