Richard Joseph Welch

Representative from California

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1925–1951ID W000265

LegislationHEADLINE

50%with Dems

of 855 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

50%with Dems

of 855 · both combined

Steepest move

+39 pts

1947 → 1949

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 ↓19251931193719431949

1949–5081st Congress

Sat as a Republican

67.4%with Democrats

of 43 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1947 → 1949, +39 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

Aug 25, 1949H.Res. 342No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 19, 1949H.R. 6008No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Aug 18, 1949H.R. 5895No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 5895), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

YEASided with the Democratic majority

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Aug 18, 1949H.R. 5895No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Aug 17, 1949H.Res. 327No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 17, 1949H.J.Res. 339No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Aug 10, 1949H.R. 5856No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jul 27, 1949S. 1184No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Jul 26, 1949H.R. 3199No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 43 contested votes scored in the 81st 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

13 Congresses

69th · 192581st · 1949

Republican · House · CA69th–81st

Term datesexact

Richard Joseph Welch

Representative from California

HOUSER1925–195113 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

49.8%with Democrats

of 855 votes · 50.2% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested50%of 855 · combined

Steepest move+39 pts1947→49, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019251949

1949–50 · 81st · Republican · of 43 votes67.4%

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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

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Latest 6 shown · 43 contested votes scored in the 81st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

69th · 192581st · 1949

Republican69th–81st

Party switchers

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