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Henry Joseph Steele

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1915–1921ID S000831
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LegislationHEADLINE
85%with Dems
of 195 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
85%with Dems
of 195 · both combined
Steepest move
−2 pts
1915 → 1917
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 ↓1915
1919–2066th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
84.3%with Democrats
of 51 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1915 → 1917, −2 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
Mar 1, 1921noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1921noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1921H.R. 15812No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 15812), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Feb 25, 1921H.Res. 698No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1921H.Res. 697No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1921H.Res. 698No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1921H.R. 15872No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1921H.R. 517No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 23, 1921H.R. 15962No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 51 contested votes scored in the 66th 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
64th · 191566th · 1919
Democrat · House · PA64th–66th
Term datesexact
Members · Pennsylvania
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Henry Joseph Steele

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSED1915–19213 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
84.6%with Democrats
of 195 votes · 15.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested85%of 195 · combined
Steepest move−2 pts1915→17, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019151919
1919–20 · 66th · Democrat · of 51 votes84.3%

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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 · 51 contested votes scored in the 66th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

64th · 191566th · 1919
Democrat64th–66th

Party switchers

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