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Raymond Smiley Springer
Representative from IndianaHOUSEREPUBLICAN1939–1949ID S000755
LegislationHEADLINE
4%with Dems
of 453 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
4%with Dems
of 453 · both combined
Steepest move
−2 pts
1941 → 1943
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 ↓19391945
1947–4880th Congress
Sat as a Republican
2.8%with Democrats
of 36 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1941 → 1943, −2 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
Jul 26, 1947H.R. 4269LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 24, 1947H.R. 4347LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 22, 1947H.R. 1602LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 1602), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored
Jul 22, 1947H.R. 1602LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 21, 1947H.R. 29LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 21, 1947noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 18, 1947H.R. 3601LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 18, 1947H.R. 3601LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 18, 1947H.R. 3601LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 36 contested votes scored in the 80th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
5 Congresses76th · 193980th · 1947
Republican · House · IN76th–80th
Term datesexact