Don Levingston Short

Representative from North Dakota

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1959–1965ID S000378

LegislationHEADLINE

12%with Dems

of 315 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

12%with Dems

of 315 · both combined

Steepest move

−11 pts

1961 → 1963

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 ↓1959

1963–6488th Congress

Sat as a Republican

4.4%with Democrats

of 114 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1961 → 1963, −11 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 3, 1964H.R. 12633No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Oct 1, 1964S. 3060No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Oct 1, 1964S. 3060No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3060), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

YEASided with the Republican majority

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Oct 1, 1964H.Res. 892No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Sep 22, 1964H.R. 12633No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Sep 3, 1964S. 2220No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Sep 3, 1964H.R. 12298No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 3, 1964H.R. 12298No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Sep 1, 1964H.R. 4487No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 114 contested votes scored in the 88th 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

3 Congresses

86th · 195988th · 1963

Republican · House · ND86th–88th

Term datesexact

Don Levingston Short

Representative from North Dakota

HOUSER1959–19653 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

11.7%with Democrats

of 315 votes · 88.3% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested12%of 315 · combined

Steepest move−11 pts1961→63, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019591963

1963–64 · 88th · Republican · of 114 votes4.4%

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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 majorityNay

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreYes

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Latest 6 shown · 114 contested votes scored in the 88th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

86th · 195988th · 1963

Republican86th–88th

Party switchers

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