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George Adams Shuford

Representative from North Carolina
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1953–1959ID S000390
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LegislationHEADLINE
58%with Dems
of 193 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
58%with Dems
of 193 · both combined
Steepest move
+4 pts
1955 → 1957
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 ↓1953
1957–5885th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
60.9%with Democrats
of 69 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1955 → 1957, +4 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
Aug 22, 1958H.R. 13343No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 8, 1958H.R. 13247No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 17, 1958H.R. 3No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 3), 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
Jul 17, 1958H.R. 3No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 17, 1958H.R. 3No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 15, 1958H.Res. 597No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 28, 1958H.R. 7999No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
May 28, 1958H.R. 7999No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 28, 1958H.R. 7999No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 69 contested votes scored in the 85th 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
83rd · 195385th · 1957
Democrat · House · NC83rd–85th
Term datesexact
Members · North Carolina
GS

George Adams Shuford

Representative from North Carolina
HOUSED1953–19593 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
57.5%with Democrats
of 193 votes · 42.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested58%of 193 · combined
Steepest move+4 pts1955→57, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019531957
1957–58 · 85th · Democrat · of 69 votes60.9%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 69 contested votes scored in the 85th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

83rd · 195385th · 1957
Democrat83rd–85th

Party switchers

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