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Harris Brown McDowell Jr.

Representative from Delaware
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1955–1967ID M000418
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LegislationHEADLINE
94%with Dems
of 541 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
94%with Dems
of 541 · both combined
Steepest move
+8 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
1965–6689th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
95.3%with Democrats
of 171 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1959 → 1961, +8 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 21, 1966H.R. 18381No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 20, 1966H.R. 17607No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 20, 1966H.R. 13161No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 13161), 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
Oct 20, 1966H.R. 18233No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 20, 1966H.R. 15111No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 20, 1966S. 3708No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 19, 1966H.R. 1013No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 19, 1966H.R. 1013No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 19, 1966S.J.Res. 167No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 171 contested votes scored in the 89th 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

5 Congresses
84th · 195589th · 1965
Democrat · House · DE84th–89th
Term datesexact
Members · Delaware
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Harris Brown McDowell Jr.

Representative from Delaware
HOUSED1955–19675 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
93.9%with Democrats
of 541 votes · 6.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested94%of 541 · combined
Steepest move+8 pts1959→61, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019551965
1965–66 · 89th · Democrat · of 171 votes95.3%

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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
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 171 contested votes scored in the 89th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

84th · 195589th · 1965
Democrat84th–89th

Party switchers

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