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Charles Vilas Truax

Representative from Ohio
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1933–1937ID T000386
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LegislationHEADLINE
66%with Dems
of 155 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
66%with Dems
of 155 · both combined
Steepest move
+8 pts
1933 → 1935
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 ↓1933
1935–3674th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
70.7%with Democrats
of 58 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1933 → 1935, +8 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
Aug 8, 1935H.R. 4665No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 5, 1935H.R. 7438No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Aug 5, 1935S. 2865No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2865), 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
Aug 5, 1935H.R. 8974No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 1, 1935H.Res. 315No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 1, 1935noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 1, 1935noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 30, 1935S. 1404No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 30, 1935H.R. 7349No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 58 contested votes scored in the 74th 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

2 Congresses
73rd · 193374th · 1935
Democrat · House · OH73rd–74th
Term datesexact
Members · Ohio
CT

Charles Vilas Truax

Representative from Ohio
HOUSED1933–19372 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
65.8%with Democrats
of 155 votes · 34.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested66%of 155 · combined
Steepest move+8 pts1933→35, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019331935
1935–36 · 74th · Democrat · of 58 votes70.7%

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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 · 58 contested votes scored in the 74th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

73rd · 193374th · 1935
Democrat73rd–74th

Party switchers

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