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Lester David Volk

Representative from New York
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1919–1923ID V000111
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LegislationHEADLINE
14%with Dems
of 129 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
14%with Dems
of 129 · both combined
Steepest move
−10 pts
1919 → 1921
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 ↓1919
1921–2267th Congress
Sat as a Republican
11.8%with Democrats
of 102 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1919 → 1921, −10 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, 1923S.J.Res. 168No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1923H.Res. 541No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1923S. 4280No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 4280), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Mar 3, 1923S. 425No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1923H.J.Res. 455No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1923S.J.Res. 282No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1923S. 4160No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1923S. 2051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1923S. 4280No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 102 contested votes scored in the 67th 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
66th · 191967th · 1921
Republican · House · NY66th–67th
Term datesexact
Members · New York
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Lester David Volk

Representative from New York
HOUSER1919–19232 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
14%with Democrats
of 129 votes · 86% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested14%of 129 · combined
Steepest move−10 pts1919→21, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019191921
1921–22 · 67th · Republican · of 102 votes11.8%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 102 contested votes scored in the 67th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

66th · 191967th · 1921
Republican66th–67th

Party switchers

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