HV
Harold Himmel Velde
Representative from IllinoisHOUSEREPUBLICAN1949–1957ID V000082
LegislationHEADLINE
9%with Dems
of 358 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
9%with Dems
of 358 · both combined
Steepest move
−9 pts
1949 → 1951
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 ↓19491955
1955–5684th Congress
Sat as a Republican
10.2%with Democrats
of 59 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1949 → 1951, −9 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
Jul 27, 1956H.Res. 604LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 27, 1956S. 3338LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 27, 1956H.Res. 625LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 625), 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
Jul 26, 1956H.R. 8902LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 26, 1956H.Res. 602LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 26, 1956H.Res. 641LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 25, 1956H.Res. 638LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 25, 1956H.Res. 618LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 24, 1956H.R. 12061LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 59 contested votes scored in the 84th 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
4 Congresses81st · 194984th · 1955
Republican · House · IL81st–84th
Term datesexact