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Garner E. Shriver

Representative from Kansas
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1961–1977ID S000388
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LegislationHEADLINE
21%with Dems
of 1,776 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
21%with Dems
of 1,776 · both combined
Steepest move
+7 pts
1971 → 1973
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 ↓196119671973
1975–7694th Congress
Sat as a Republican
20.5%with Democrats
of 498 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1971 → 1973, +7 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
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 recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · 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
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Oct 1, 1976S. 2278No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 1, 1976S. 2278No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Oct 1, 1976H.Res. 1591No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM 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 Finance28% · 157 votes
Congress18.3% · 93 votes
Energy18.4% · 87 votes
Government Operations and Politics21.3% · 61 votes
International Affairs53.1% · 32 votes
Labor and Employment11.5% · 26 votes
Armed Forces and National Security24% · 25 votes
Transportation and Public Works20% · 25 votes
Agriculture and Food29.2% · 24 votes
Taxation4.5% · 22 votes
Law23.5% · 17 votes
District of Columbia60% · 15 votes
Mines and mineral resources14.3% · 14 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources7.1% · 14 votes
Commerce8.3% · 12 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement8.3% · 12 votes
Health0% · 11 votes
Housing and Community Development30% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Education— · 9 votes
Environmental Protection— · 9 votes
Finance and Financial Sector— · 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
Social Welfare— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Private Legislation— · 4 votes
Public works— · 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
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Chemicals— · 1 vote
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Emergency Management— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Native Americans— · 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
Youth— · 1 vote

They also voted in 42 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, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Industrial relations, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Noise, Prices, Printing, 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
Republican · House · KS87th–94th
Term datesexact
Members · Kansas
GS

Garner E. Shriver

Representative from Kansas
HOUSER1961–19778 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
20.6%with Democrats
of 1,776 votes · 79.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested21%of 1,776 · combined
Steepest move+7 pts1971→73, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019611975
1975–76 · 94th · Republican · of 498 votes20.5%

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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 Finance28% · 157
Congress18.3% · 93
Energy18.4% · 87
Government Operations and Politics21.3% · 61
International Affairs53.1% · 32
Labor and Employment11.5% · 26
Armed Forces and National Security24% · 25
Transportation and Public Works20% · 25
Agriculture and Food29.2% · 24
Taxation4.5% · 22
Law23.5% · 17
District of Columbia60% · 15
Mines and mineral resources14.3% · 14
Public Lands and Natural Resources7.1% · 14
Commerce8.3% · 12
Crime and Law Enforcement8.3% · 12
Health0% · 11
Housing and Community Development30% · 10
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Education— · 9
Environmental Protection— · 9
Finance and Financial Sector— · 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
Social Welfare— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Private Legislation— · 4
Public works— · 4
Coins and coinage— · 3
Credit— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3
Conferences— · 2
Constitutional amendments— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Real property— · 2
Chemicals— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Emergency Management— · 1
Gold— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Native Americans— · 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
Youth— · 1

Also voted in 42 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Industrial relations, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Noise, Prices, Printing, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

87th · 196194th · 1975
Republican87th–94th

Party switchers

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