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Richard Gardner (Dick) Shoup

Representative from Montana
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1971–1975ID S000383
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LegislationHEADLINE
22%with Dems
of 558 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
22%with Dems
of 558 · both combined
Steepest move
+8 pts
1971 → 1973
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 ↓1971
1973–7493rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
25.1%with Democrats
of 355 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1971 → 1973, +8 pts — within one party label.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

9 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974S. 3976No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1974S. 2439No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2439), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Dec 18, 1974H.R. 15977No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1974S. 3934No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 16, 1974S. 1901No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 16, 1974H.R. 17382No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 16, 1974H.R. 17504No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 16, 1974S. 1283No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 355 contested votes scored in the 93rd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance33.8% · 68 votes
Congress13% · 46 votes
Energy30.3% · 33 votes
Labor and Employment33.3% · 21 votes
Transportation and Public Works20% · 15 votes
District of Columbia0% · 14 votes
International Affairs30.8% · 13 votes
Armed Forces and National Security50% · 12 votes
Government Operations and Politics16.7% · 12 votes
Law9.1% · 11 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Mines and mineral resources— · 8 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6 votes
Health— · 6 votes
Commerce— · 5 votes
Environmental Protection— · 5 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 5 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 5 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 4 votes
Agriculture and Food— · 3 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Public works— · 3 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3 votes
Education— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Monuments and memorials— · 1 vote
Social Welfare— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 27 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Private Legislation, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Right of privacy, Rivers, Science, Technology, Communications, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

2 Congresses
92nd · 197193rd · 1973
Republican · House · MT92nd–93rd
Term datesexact
Members · Montana
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Richard Gardner (Dick) Shoup

Representative from Montana
HOUSER1971–19752 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
22.2%with Democrats
of 558 votes · 77.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested22%of 558 · combined
Steepest move+8 pts1971→73, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019711973
1973–74 · 93rd · Republican · of 355 votes25.1%

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Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.
Democratic majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 355 contested votes scored in the 93rd

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance33.8% · 68
Congress13% · 46
Energy30.3% · 33
Labor and Employment33.3% · 21
Transportation and Public Works20% · 15
District of Columbia0% · 14
International Affairs30.8% · 13
Armed Forces and National Security50% · 12
Government Operations and Politics16.7% · 12
Law9.1% · 11
Mines and mineral resources— · 8
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6
Health— · 6
Commerce— · 5
Environmental Protection— · 5
Housing and Community Development— · 5
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 5
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4
Commemorations— · 4
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 4
Agriculture and Food— · 3
Coins and coinage— · 3
Congressional-executive relations— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Public works— · 3
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3
Education— · 2
Real property— · 2
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 1
Gold— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Monuments and memorials— · 1
Social Welfare— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 27 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Private Legislation, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Right of privacy, Rivers, Science, Technology, Communications, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Service record

92nd · 197193rd · 1973
Republican92nd–93rd

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