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Robert Lee Fulton Sikes

Representative from Florida
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1941–1979ID S000406
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LegislationHEADLINE
50%with Dems
of 2,999 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
50%with Dems
of 2,999 · both combined
Steepest move
+19 pts
1945 → 1947
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 ↓1941194719531959196519711977
1977–7895th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
42%with Democrats
of 541 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1945 → 1947, +19 pts — while still a Democrat.
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
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 13511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 13750No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 14, 1978H.Res. 1448No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 1448), 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 14, 1978H.R. 4018No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 14, 1978H.Res. 1439No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978H.Res. 1439No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978S. 1487No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 7010No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 14, 1978S. 3151No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 541 contested votes scored in the 95th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance34.8% · 264 votes
Congress61.1% · 144 votes
Energy33% · 106 votes
Government Operations and Politics50.5% · 95 votes
International Affairs15.1% · 86 votes
Labor and Employment39% · 41 votes
Armed Forces and National Security32.4% · 37 votes
Transportation and Public Works36.1% · 36 votes
Agriculture and Food64.5% · 31 votes
Law17.2% · 29 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources51.7% · 29 votes
Taxation41.4% · 29 votes
Environmental Protection29.2% · 24 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance28.6% · 21 votes
Commerce5% · 20 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement12.5% · 16 votes
Education20% · 15 votes
Health40% · 15 votes
Industrial relations28.6% · 14 votes
Social Welfare23.1% · 13 votes
District of Columbia0% · 12 votes
Finance and Financial Sector54.5% · 11 votes
Mines and mineral resources72.7% · 11 votes
Housing and Community Development40% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 8 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Electronic surveillance— · 7 votes
Lobbying— · 7 votes
Black lung— · 6 votes
Home repair and improvement— · 5 votes
Public works— · 5 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4 votes
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 4 votes
Government securities— · 4 votes
Income tax— · 4 votes
Municipal finance— · 4 votes
Private Legislation— · 4 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Commemorations— · 3 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
Embargo— · 3 votes
Financial disclosure— · 3 votes
Indian claims— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Contested elections— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Mortgages— · 2 votes
Museums— · 2 votes
Petroleum industry— · 2 votes
Political participation— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Territories (U.S.)— · 2 votes
Water Resources Development— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Aquaculture— · 1 vote
Barber and beauty shops— · 1 vote
Chemicals— · 1 vote
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Cultural centers— · 1 vote
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Domestic relations— · 1 vote
Droughts— · 1 vote
Earthquakes— · 1 vote
Emergency Management— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Impeachments— · 1 vote
Import restrictions— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Native Americans— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Political representation— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Refugees— · 1 vote
Rehabilitation— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote

They also voted in 70 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Rural conditions, Salaries, Solar energy, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

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

Service record

19 Congresses
77th · 194195th · 1977
Democrat · House · FL77th–95th
Term datesexact
Members · Florida
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Robert Lee Fulton Sikes

Representative from Florida
HOUSED1941–197919 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
49.9%with Democrats
of 2,999 votes · 50.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested50%of 2,999 · combined
Steepest move+19 pts1945→47, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019411977
1977–78 · 95th · Democrat · of 541 votes42%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 541 contested votes scored in the 95th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance34.8% · 264
Congress61.1% · 144
Energy33% · 106
Government Operations and Politics50.5% · 95
International Affairs15.1% · 86
Labor and Employment39% · 41
Armed Forces and National Security32.4% · 37
Transportation and Public Works36.1% · 36
Agriculture and Food64.5% · 31
Law17.2% · 29
Public Lands and Natural Resources51.7% · 29
Taxation41.4% · 29
Environmental Protection29.2% · 24
Foreign Trade and International Finance28.6% · 21
Commerce5% · 20
Crime and Law Enforcement12.5% · 16
Education20% · 15
Health40% · 15
Industrial relations28.6% · 14
Social Welfare23.1% · 13
District of Columbia0% · 12
Finance and Financial Sector54.5% · 11
Mines and mineral resources72.7% · 11
Housing and Community Development40% · 10
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8
Vietnamese Conflict— · 8
Depletion allowances— · 7
Electronic surveillance— · 7
Lobbying— · 7
Black lung— · 6
Home repair and improvement— · 5
Public works— · 5
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Constitutional amendments— · 4
Government securities— · 4
Income tax— · 4
Municipal finance— · 4
Private Legislation— · 4
Coins and coinage— · 3
Commemorations— · 3
Credit— · 3
Embargo— · 3
Financial disclosure— · 3
Indian claims— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Conferences— · 2
Contested elections— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Mortgages— · 2
Museums— · 2
Petroleum industry— · 2
Political participation— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Real property— · 2
Territories (U.S.)— · 2
Water Resources Development— · 2
Youth— · 2
Aquaculture— · 1
Barber and beauty shops— · 1
Chemicals— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Cultural centers— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Domestic relations— · 1
Droughts— · 1
Earthquakes— · 1
Emergency Management— · 1
Gold— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Impeachments— · 1
Import restrictions— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Native Americans— · 1
Noise— · 1
Political representation— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Rehabilitation— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1

Also voted in 70 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Rural conditions, Salaries, Solar energy, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

77th · 194195th · 1977
Democrat77th–95th

Party switchers

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