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Charles Murray Turpin

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1929–1937ID T000433
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LegislationHEADLINE
13%with Dems
of 314 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
13%with Dems
of 314 · both combined
Steepest move
−13 pts
1931 → 1933
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 ↓19291935
1935–3674th Congress
Sat as a Republican
15.4%with Democrats
of 117 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1931 → 1933, −13 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
Jun 20, 1936H.R. 12455No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 20, 1936H.Res. 559No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 19, 1936H.R. 12395No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12395), 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
Jun 19, 1936S. 4020No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 19, 1936H.R. 3251No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 17, 1936H.R. 11663No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 15, 1936H.R. 11581No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 15, 1936H.R. 11581No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 3, 1936H.R. 8455No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 117 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

4 Congresses
71st · 192974th · 1935
Republican · House · PA71st–74th
Term datesexact
Members · Pennsylvania
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Charles Murray Turpin

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSER1929–19374 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
13.4%with Democrats
of 314 votes · 86.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested13%of 314 · combined
Steepest move−13 pts1931→33, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019291935
1935–36 · 74th · Republican · of 117 votes15.4%

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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 · 117 contested votes scored in the 74th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

71st · 192974th · 1935
Republican71st–74th

Party switchers

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