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Robert Grier Stephens Jr.

Representative from Georgia
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1961–1977ID S000860
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LegislationHEADLINE
51%with Dems
of 1,526 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
51%with Dems
of 1,526 · both combined
Steepest move
−32 pts
1963 → 1965
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 ↓196119671973
1975–7694th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
42.3%with Democrats
of 407 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1963 → 1965, −32 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
Sep 28, 1976H.R. 15No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Sep 28, 1976H.R. 15No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Sep 28, 1976H.R. 15No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 15), 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
Sep 28, 1976S. 3149No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 28, 1976S. 521No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Sep 27, 1976H.R. 14496No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 27, 1976H.Res. 1553No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 27, 1976H.R. 14260No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 27, 1976H.R. 14932No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 407 contested votes scored in the 94th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance49% · 143 votes
Congress57.7% · 71 votes
Energy26.2% · 65 votes
Government Operations and Politics52.3% · 44 votes
International Affairs22.2% · 27 votes
Labor and Employment34.6% · 26 votes
Transportation and Public Works60% · 25 votes
Agriculture and Food60.9% · 23 votes
Taxation42.1% · 19 votes
Armed Forces and National Security50% · 16 votes
Mines and mineral resources25% · 12 votes
Commerce36.4% · 11 votes
Health36.4% · 11 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement40% · 10 votes
Law20% · 10 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources50% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
District of Columbia— · 9 votes
Environmental Protection— · 9 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 9 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes
Finance and Financial Sector— · 8 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Education— · 7 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 5 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Private Legislation— · 4 votes
Social Welfare— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Public works— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 2 votes
Credit— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Petroleum industry— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Chemicals— · 1 vote
Coins and coinage— · 1 vote
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Emergency Management— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Industrial relations— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Lobbying— · 1 vote
Native Americans— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote
Territories (U.S.)— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote
Youth— · 1 vote

They also voted in 45 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Corporations, Dairy industry, Day care, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government corporations, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Lakes, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Noise, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Refugees, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

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

Service record

8 Congresses
87th · 196194th · 1975
Democrat · House · GA87th–94th
Term datesexact
Members · Georgia
RS

Robert Grier Stephens Jr.

Representative from Georgia
HOUSED1961–19778 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
51.2%with Democrats
of 1,526 votes · 48.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested51%of 1,526 · combined
Steepest move−32 pts1963→65, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019611975
1975–76 · 94th · Democrat · of 407 votes42.3%

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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 · 407 contested votes scored in the 94th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance49% · 143
Congress57.7% · 71
Energy26.2% · 65
Government Operations and Politics52.3% · 44
International Affairs22.2% · 27
Labor and Employment34.6% · 26
Transportation and Public Works60% · 25
Agriculture and Food60.9% · 23
Taxation42.1% · 19
Armed Forces and National Security50% · 16
Mines and mineral resources25% · 12
Commerce36.4% · 11
Health36.4% · 11
Crime and Law Enforcement40% · 10
Law20% · 10
Public Lands and Natural Resources50% · 10
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
District of Columbia— · 9
Environmental Protection— · 9
Housing and Community Development— · 9
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9
Finance and Financial Sector— · 8
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8
Depletion allowances— · 7
Education— · 7
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6
Mortgages— · 6
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 5
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Private Legislation— · 4
Social Welfare— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Public works— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Conferences— · 2
Constitutional amendments— · 2
Credit— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Petroleum industry— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Real property— · 2
Chemicals— · 1
Coins and coinage— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Emergency Management— · 1
Gold— · 1
Heating— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Industrial relations— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Lobbying— · 1
Native Americans— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1
Territories (U.S.)— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1
Youth— · 1

Also voted in 45 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Corporations, Dairy industry, Day care, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government corporations, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Lakes, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Noise, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Refugees, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

87th · 196194th · 1975
Democrat87th–94th

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