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David Newton Henderson

Representative from North Carolina
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1961–1977ID H000479
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LegislationHEADLINE
42%with Dems
of 1,755 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
42%with Dems
of 1,755 · both combined
Steepest move
−27 pts
1963 → 1965
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 ↓196119671973
1975–7694th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
42.6%with Democrats
of 498 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1963 → 1965, −27 pts — while still a Democrat.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

9 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Oct 1, 1976H.R. 11337No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 1, 1976S. 3131No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 1, 1976H.R. 10210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10210), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Oct 1, 1976S. 2278No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 1, 1976S. 2278No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Oct 1, 1976H.Res. 1591No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 1, 1976H.R. 12572No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 30, 1976S. 3521No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 30, 1976H.R. 10210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 498 contested votes scored in the 94th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance41.6% · 149 votes
Congress64.9% · 94 votes
Energy43.4% · 83 votes
Government Operations and Politics62.3% · 61 votes
International Affairs5.9% · 34 votes
Transportation and Public Works39.3% · 28 votes
Agriculture and Food65.4% · 26 votes
Armed Forces and National Security40% · 25 votes
Labor and Employment36% · 25 votes
Taxation57.9% · 19 votes
Law0% · 18 votes
Commerce13.3% · 15 votes
District of Columbia20% · 15 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources57.1% · 14 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement50% · 12 votes
Mines and mineral resources58.3% · 12 votes
Health36.4% · 11 votes
Education50% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Environmental Protection— · 9 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 8 votes
Finance and Financial Sector— · 8 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 8 votes
Lobbying— · 8 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 6 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Private Legislation— · 4 votes
Public works— · 4 votes
Social Welfare— · 4 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Industrial relations— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Life insurance— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Native Americans— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Refugees— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote
Territories (U.S.)— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 43 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Chemicals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Heating, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Lakes, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

8 Congresses
87th · 196194th · 1975
Democrat · House · NC87th–94th
Term datesexact
Members · North Carolina
DH

David Newton Henderson

Representative from North Carolina
HOUSED1961–19778 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
42.4%with Democrats
of 1,755 votes · 57.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested42%of 1,755 · combined
Steepest move−27 pts1963→65, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019611975
1975–76 · 94th · Democrat · of 498 votes42.6%

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Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. 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 · 498 contested votes scored in the 94th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance41.6% · 149
Congress64.9% · 94
Energy43.4% · 83
Government Operations and Politics62.3% · 61
International Affairs5.9% · 34
Transportation and Public Works39.3% · 28
Agriculture and Food65.4% · 26
Armed Forces and National Security40% · 25
Labor and Employment36% · 25
Taxation57.9% · 19
Law0% · 18
Commerce13.3% · 15
District of Columbia20% · 15
Public Lands and Natural Resources57.1% · 14
Crime and Law Enforcement50% · 12
Mines and mineral resources58.3% · 12
Health36.4% · 11
Education50% · 10
Environmental Protection— · 9
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 8
Finance and Financial Sector— · 8
Housing and Community Development— · 8
Lobbying— · 8
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8
Depletion allowances— · 7
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 6
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6
Mortgages— · 6
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Private Legislation— · 4
Public works— · 4
Social Welfare— · 4
Coins and coinage— · 3
Credit— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Conferences— · 2
Constitutional amendments— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Real property— · 2
Youth— · 2
Congressional oversight— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Gold— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Industrial relations— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Life insurance— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Native Americans— · 1
Noise— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1
Territories (U.S.)— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 43 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Chemicals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Heating, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Lakes, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

87th · 196194th · 1975
Democrat87th–94th

Party switchers

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