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Robert Thompson Secrest

Representative from Ohio
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1933–1967ID S000219
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LegislationHEADLINE
64%with Dems
of 1,078 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
64%with Dems
of 1,078 · both combined
Steepest move
−16 pts
1941 → 1949
still a Democrat

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 ↓193319391945195119571963
1965–6689th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
55.9%with Democrats
of 188 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1941 → 1949, −16 pts — while still a Democrat.
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 21, 1966H.R. 18381No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 21, 1966H.R. 14644No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 20, 1966H.R. 13103No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 13103), 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 20, 1966H.R. 13103No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 20, 1966H.R. 17607No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 20, 1966H.R. 17607No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 20, 1966H.R. 13161No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 20, 1966H.R. 18233No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 20, 1966H.R. 15111No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 188 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

10 Congresses
73rd · 193389th · 1965
Democrat · House · OH73rd–89th
Term datesexact
Members · Ohio
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Robert Thompson Secrest

Representative from Ohio
HOUSED1933–196710 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
63.7%with Democrats
of 1,078 votes · 36.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested64%of 1,078 · combined
Steepest move−16 pts1941→49, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019331965
1965–66 · 89th · Democrat · of 188 votes55.9%

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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 · 188 contested votes scored in the 89th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

73rd · 193389th · 1965
Democrat73rd–89th

Party switchers

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