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Lawrence H. Fountain

Representative for North Carolina, district 2 · Democrat

Born 1913 · Died 2002

Democrat · NC House 1953–1983
8,696votes cast 95.7%attendance 68.6%party loyalty 15congresses served
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Lawrence H. Fountain, on the record

Recent bills they sponsored
  • H.R. 7173 · A bill to make certain changes in the membership and operations of the Advisory Commission on Intergovernment… September 23, 1982 · Passed both chambers
  • H.J.Res. 604 · A joint resolution designating the month of November, 1982, as "National Diabetes Month". September 22, 1982 · In committee
  • H.Con.Res. 341 · A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that housing and home ownership are matters of t… May 12, 1982 · In committee
  • H.R. 7112 · State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act Amendments of 1980 April 22, 1980 · Public Law 96-604
  • H.R. 6952 · Emergency Home Purchase Assistance Authority Amendments of 1979 March 27, 1980 · In committee
From the current-Congress bills Power & Politics tracks. This is not a complete count.
Every term served
15 terms
ChamberRepresentsPartyTerm dates
HouseNorth Carolina · District 2DemocratJanuary 5, 1981 – January 3, 1983
HouseNorth Carolina · District 2DemocratJanuary 15, 1979 – January 3, 1981
HouseNorth Carolina · District 2DemocratJanuary 4, 1977 – January 3, 1979
HouseNorth Carolina · District 2DemocratJanuary 14, 1975 – January 3, 1977
HouseNorth Carolina · District 2DemocratJanuary 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975
HouseNorth Carolina · District 2DemocratJanuary 21, 1971 – January 3, 1973
HouseNorth Carolina · District 2DemocratJanuary 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971
HouseNorth Carolina · District 2DemocratJanuary 10, 1967 – January 3, 1969
HouseNorth Carolina · District 2DemocratJanuary 4, 1965 – January 3, 1967
HouseNorth Carolina · District 2DemocratJanuary 9, 1963 – January 3, 1965
HouseNorth Carolina · District 2DemocratJanuary 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963
HouseNorth Carolina · District 2DemocratJanuary 7, 1959 – January 3, 1961
HouseNorth Carolina · District 2DemocratJanuary 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959
HouseNorth Carolina · District 2DemocratJanuary 5, 1955 – January 3, 1957
HouseNorth Carolina · District 2DemocratJanuary 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955
These are the official start and end dates of each term. A member who left early or arrived late served only part of it.

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Ideology, measured from every vote they cast

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Record timeline

  1. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Nay — Recorded vote: H.R. 6211 (House recorded vote (97th Congress))

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  2. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Yea — Recorded vote: H.R. 7093 (House recorded vote (97th Congress))

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  3. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Yea — Recorded vote: H.Res. 636 (House recorded vote (97th Congress))

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  4. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Yea — Recorded vote: H.R. 3963 (House recorded vote (97th Congress))

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  5. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Yea — Recorded vote: H.R. 3963 (House recorded vote (97th Congress))

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  6. · Bills sponsored

    Latest official action on H.R. 7173: House Concurred, in Senate Amendments 007, 008, 013 , with Amendments.

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  7. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Nay — Recorded vote: H.R. 7357 (House recorded vote (97th Congress))

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  8. · Roll-call votes

    Recorded as not voting — Recorded vote: H.R. 7356 (House recorded vote (97th Congress))

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  9. · Roll-call votes

    Recorded as not voting — Recorded vote (House recorded vote (97th Congress))

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  10. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Nay — Recorded vote: H.R. 7357 (House recorded vote (97th Congress))

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