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Ralph Eugene Updike
Representative from IndianaHOUSEREPUBLICAN1925–1929ID U000020
LegislationHEADLINE
23%with Dems
of 62 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
23%with Dems
of 62 · both combined
Steepest move
−14 pts
1925 → 1927
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 ↓1925
1927–2870th Congress
Sat as a Republican
14.8%with Democrats
of 27 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1925 → 1927, −14 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
Mar 3, 1929H.J.Res. 402LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 15, 1929H.R. 16926LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 31, 1929H.R. 303LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 303), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Jan 24, 1929H.R. 16352LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jan 18, 1929H.R. 16301LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 11, 1929H.R. 11725LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 25, 1928S. 3674LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
May 25, 1928H.R. 5773LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 25, 1928S.J.Res. 46LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 27 contested votes scored in the 70th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
2 Congresses69th · 192570th · 1927
Republican · House · IN69th–70th
Term datesexact