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Dewey Jackson Short
Representative from MissouriHOUSEREPUBLICAN1929–1957ID S000377
LegislationHEADLINE
9%with Dems
of 1,038 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
9%with Dems
of 1,038 · both combined
Steepest move
+13 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 ↓19291935194119471953
1955–5684th Congress
Sat as a Republican
15%with Democrats
of 60 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1951 → 1953, +13 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
Jul 27, 1956H.Res. 604LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 27, 1956S. 3338LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 27, 1956H.Res. 625LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 625), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Jul 26, 1956H.R. 8902LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 26, 1956H.Res. 602LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 26, 1956H.Res. 641LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 25, 1956H.Res. 638LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 24, 1956H.R. 12061LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 24, 1956H.R. 12061LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 60 contested votes scored in the 84th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
12 Congresses71st · 192984th · 1955
Republican · House · MO71st–84th
Term datesexact