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Roy Orchard Woodruff

Representative from Michigan
HOUSEOTHER PARTY→REPUBLICAN1913–1953ID W000718
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LegislationHEADLINE
15%with Dems
of 1,499 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
15%with Dems
of 1,499 · both combined
Steepest move
−21 pts
1927 → 1929
still a Republican
Changed parties
67th
O → R · first Congress under it

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 ↓1913191919251931193719431949O→R · 67th
1951–5282nd Congress
Sat as a Republican
3.4%with Democrats
of 87 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1927 → 1929, −21 pts — within one party label.
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
Jul 3, 1952H.R. 7289No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 30, 1952H.R. 8122No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 28, 1952S. 2594No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2594), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Jun 28, 1952H.R. 8370No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 26, 1952H.R. 7072No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 26, 1952H.R. 8210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 26, 1952H.R. 8210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 26, 1952H.R. 8210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 26, 1952H.R. 8210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 87 contested votes scored in the 82nd 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

17 Congresses
63rd · 191367th · 192182nd · 1951
Other party · House · MI63rd–63rd
Republican · House · MI67th–82nd
Term datesexact
Members · Michigan
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Roy Orchard Woodruff

Representative from Michigan
HOUSEO→R1913–195317 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
14.6%with Democrats
of 1,499 votes · 85.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested15%of 1,499 · combined
Steepest move−21 pts1927→29, as a Republican
Changed parties67thO→R

Career arc

100500O→R19131951
1951–52 · 82nd · Republican · of 87 votes3.4%

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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 · 87 contested votes scored in the 82nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

63rd · 191382nd · 1951
Other party63rd–63rd
Republican67th–82nd

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