Richard Murray Simpson

Representative from Pennsylvania

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1937–1961ID S000436

LegislationHEADLINE

6%with Dems

of 968 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

6%with Dems

of 968 · both combined

Steepest move

−9 pts

1943 → 1945

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 ↓1937194319491955

1959–6086th Congress

Sat as a Republican

4.4%with Democrats

of 45 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1943 → 1945, −9 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

Sep 15, 1959H.R. 8385No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 10, 1959H.R. 9105No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Sep 8, 1959H.R. 9069No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 9069), 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

Open roll call

Sep 8, 1959H.R. 9015No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Sep 8, 1959H.J.Res. 352No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Sep 4, 1959H.R. 9035No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Sep 4, 1959H.R. 9035No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Sep 4, 1959S. 1555No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 3, 1959H.R. 8678No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 45 contested votes scored in the 86th 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

12 Congresses

75th · 193786th · 1959

Republican · House · PA75th–86th

Term datesexact

Richard Murray Simpson

Representative from Pennsylvania

HOUSER1937–196112 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

5.6%with Democrats

of 968 votes · 94.4% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested6%of 968 · combined

Steepest move−9 pts1943→45, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019371959

1959–60 · 86th · Republican · of 45 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 majorityYea

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 45 contested votes scored in the 86th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

75th · 193786th · 1959

Republican75th–86th

Party switchers

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