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John Taber

Representative from New York
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1923–1963ID T000001
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LegislationHEADLINE
6%with Dems
of 1,757 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
6%with Dems
of 1,757 · both combined
Steepest move
+16 pts
1929 → 1931
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 ↓1923192919351941194719531959
1961–6287th Congress
Sat as a Republican
1.8%with Democrats
of 113 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1929 → 1931, +16 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
Oct 13, 1962H.R. 12900No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Oct 12, 1962H.R. 12900No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Oct 11, 1962S. 3451No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3451), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Oct 10, 1962H.R. 8952No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 10, 1962H.R. 12580No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 10, 1962H.Res. 831No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 6, 1962H.R. 13175No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 5, 1962H.Con.Res. 570No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 5, 1962H.R. 7972No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 113 contested votes scored in the 87th 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

20 Congresses
68th · 192387th · 1961
Republican · House · NY68th–87th
Term datesexact
Members · New York
JT

John Taber

Representative from New York
HOUSER1923–196320 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
6.3%with Democrats
of 1,757 votes · 93.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested6%of 1,757 · combined
Steepest move+16 pts1929→31, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019231961
1961–62 · 87th · Republican · of 113 votes1.8%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 113 contested votes scored in the 87th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

68th · 192387th · 1961
Republican68th–87th

Party switchers

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