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Orville Zimmerman

Representative from Missouri
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1935–1949ID Z000009
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LegislationHEADLINE
87%with Dems
of 626 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
87%with Dems
of 626 · both combined
Steepest move
−10 pts
1943 → 1945
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 ↓193519411947
1947–4880th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
82.6%with Democrats
of 46 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1943 → 1945, −10 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
Apr 2, 1948S. 2202No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 2, 1948H.R. 4790No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Apr 1, 1948H.R. 6055No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 6055), 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
Apr 1, 1948H.R. 6055No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 31, 1948S. 2202No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 25, 1948S. 2182No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 24, 1948H.Res. 510No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 23, 1948H.Res. 505No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 16, 1948S. 2182No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 46 contested votes scored in the 80th 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

7 Congresses
74th · 193580th · 1947
Democrat · House · MO74th–80th
Term datesexact
Members · Missouri
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Orville Zimmerman

Representative from Missouri
HOUSED1935–19497 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
86.6%with Democrats
of 626 votes · 13.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested87%of 626 · combined
Steepest move−10 pts1943→45, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019351947
1947–48 · 80th · Democrat · of 46 votes82.6%

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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 · 46 contested votes scored in the 80th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

74th · 193580th · 1947
Democrat74th–80th

Party switchers

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