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Leonor Kretzer Sullivan

Representative from Missouri
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1953–1977ID S001057
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LegislationHEADLINE
86%with Dems
of 1,949 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
86%with Dems
of 1,949 · both combined
Steepest move
+9 pts
1959 → 1961
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 ↓1953195919651971
1975–7694th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
76.5%with Democrats
of 451 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1959 → 1961, +9 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 1, 1976H.R. 11337No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 1, 1976S. 3131No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 1, 1976S. 2278No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2278), 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 1, 1976S. 2278No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 1, 1976H.Res. 1591No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 1, 1976H.R. 12572No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 30, 1976S. 3521No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Sep 30, 1976H.R. 10210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 30, 1976S. 2212No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 451 contested votes scored in the 94th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance72.7% · 154 votes
Congress89.2% · 83 votes
Energy82.1% · 67 votes
Government Operations and Politics87.5% · 48 votes
International Affairs39.4% · 33 votes
Armed Forces and National Security83.3% · 24 votes
Labor and Employment83.3% · 24 votes
Agriculture and Food86.4% · 22 votes
Taxation86.4% · 22 votes
Transportation and Public Works80% · 20 votes
Commerce100% · 15 votes
Mines and mineral resources84.6% · 13 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources91.7% · 12 votes
Law72.7% · 11 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement80% · 10 votes
Health100% · 10 votes
Housing and Community Development80% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Education— · 9 votes
Environmental Protection— · 9 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
District of Columbia— · 7 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 7 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 7 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 5 votes
Finance and Financial Sector— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Private Legislation— · 4 votes
Public works— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 3 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Lobbying— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Social Welfare— · 3 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Coins and coinage— · 1 vote
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Emergency Management— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Industrial relations— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Printing— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Refugees— · 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

They also voted in 43 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, Chemicals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Gold, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Native Americans, Noise, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, 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

12 Congresses
83rd · 195394th · 1975
Democrat · House · MO83rd–94th
Term datesexact
Members · Missouri
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Leonor Kretzer Sullivan

Representative from Missouri
HOUSED1953–197712 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
86.4%with Democrats
of 1,949 votes · 13.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested86%of 1,949 · combined
Steepest move+9 pts1959→61, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019531975
1975–76 · 94th · Democrat · of 451 votes76.5%

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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 · 451 contested votes scored in the 94th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance72.7% · 154
Congress89.2% · 83
Energy82.1% · 67
Government Operations and Politics87.5% · 48
International Affairs39.4% · 33
Armed Forces and National Security83.3% · 24
Labor and Employment83.3% · 24
Agriculture and Food86.4% · 22
Taxation86.4% · 22
Transportation and Public Works80% · 20
Commerce100% · 15
Mines and mineral resources84.6% · 13
Public Lands and Natural Resources91.7% · 12
Law72.7% · 11
Crime and Law Enforcement80% · 10
Health100% · 10
Housing and Community Development80% · 10
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Education— · 9
Environmental Protection— · 9
Depletion allowances— · 7
District of Columbia— · 7
Science, Technology, Communications— · 7
Vietnamese Conflict— · 7
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6
Mortgages— · 6
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 5
Finance and Financial Sector— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Private Legislation— · 4
Public works— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 3
Credit— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Lobbying— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Social Welfare— · 3
Conferences— · 2
Constitutional amendments— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Real property— · 2
Youth— · 2
Coins and coinage— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Emergency Management— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Industrial relations— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Printing— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1
Territories (U.S.)— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 43 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Chemicals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Gold, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Native Americans, Noise, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

83rd · 195394th · 1975
Democrat83rd–94th

Party switchers

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