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Herbert Zelenko

Representative from New York
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1955–1963ID Z000003
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LegislationHEADLINE
92%with Dems
of 334 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
92%with Dems
of 334 · both combined
Steepest move
+12 pts
1959 → 1961
still a Democrat

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 ↓19551961
1961–6287th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
98%with Democrats
of 101 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1959 → 1961, +12 pts — while still a Democrat.
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
Oct 3, 1962H.R. 13273No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 2, 1962H.Res. 822No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 1, 1962H.R. 5698No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 5698), 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
Oct 1, 1962H.Res. 818No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 26, 1962S.J.Res. 230No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 26, 1962S.J.Res. 230No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 25, 1962H.R. 10No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 20, 1962H.R. 131752No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 20, 1962H.R. 131751No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 101 contested votes scored in the 87th 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
84th · 195587th · 1961
Democrat · House · NY84th–87th
Term datesexact
Members · New York
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Herbert Zelenko

Representative from New York
HOUSED1955–19634 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
92.2%with Democrats
of 334 votes · 7.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested92%of 334 · combined
Steepest move+12 pts1959→61, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019551961
1961–62 · 87th · Democrat · of 101 votes98%

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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 · 101 contested votes scored in the 87th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

84th · 195587th · 1961
Democrat84th–87th

Party switchers

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