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Ancher Nelsen

Representative from Minnesota
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1959–1975ID N000028
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LegislationHEADLINE
17%with Dems
of 1,310 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
17%with Dems
of 1,310 · both combined
Steepest move
+11 pts
1959 → 1961
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 ↓195919651971
1973–7493rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
23.5%with Democrats
of 349 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1959 → 1961, +11 pts — within one party label.
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
Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1520No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974S. 3976No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3976), 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
Dec 18, 1974H.R. 546No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1974H.J.Res. 1180No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1974H.R. 16596No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1974S. 3394No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 18, 1974H.Res. 1512No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 17, 1974H.Res. 1381No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 349 contested votes scored in the 93rd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance13.2% · 68 votes
Congress15.9% · 44 votes
Energy39.3% · 28 votes
Labor and Employment5% · 20 votes
International Affairs72.2% · 18 votes
District of Columbia33.3% · 15 votes
Government Operations and Politics23.1% · 13 votes
Transportation and Public Works15.4% · 13 votes
Armed Forces and National Security25% · 12 votes
Law20% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Mines and mineral resources— · 8 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6 votes
Environmental Protection— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 4 votes
Education— · 4 votes
Health— · 4 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 4 votes
Agriculture and Food— · 3 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 3 votes
Commerce— · 3 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 3 votes
Public works— · 3 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3 votes
Coins and coinage— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Gold— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Monuments and memorials— · 1 vote
Private Legislation— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Science, Technology, Communications— · 1 vote
Social Welfare— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 24 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

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

Service record

8 Congresses
86th · 195993rd · 1973
Republican · House · MN86th–93rd
Term datesexact
Members · Minnesota
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Ancher Nelsen

Representative from Minnesota
HOUSER1959–19758 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
17.2%with Democrats
of 1,310 votes · 82.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested17%of 1,310 · combined
Steepest move+11 pts1959→61, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019591973
1973–74 · 93rd · Republican · of 349 votes23.5%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 · 349 contested votes scored in the 93rd

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance13.2% · 68
Congress15.9% · 44
Energy39.3% · 28
Labor and Employment5% · 20
International Affairs72.2% · 18
District of Columbia33.3% · 15
Government Operations and Politics23.1% · 13
Transportation and Public Works15.4% · 13
Armed Forces and National Security25% · 12
Law20% · 10
Mines and mineral resources— · 8
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6
Environmental Protection— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 4
Education— · 4
Health— · 4
Housing and Community Development— · 4
Agriculture and Food— · 3
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 3
Commerce— · 3
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 3
Public works— · 3
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3
Coins and coinage— · 2
Real property— · 2
Gold— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Monuments and memorials— · 1
Private Legislation— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Science, Technology, Communications— · 1
Social Welfare— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 24 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Service record

86th · 195993rd · 1973
Republican86th–93rd

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