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John Milan Ashbrook

Representative from Ohio
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1961–1983ID A000221
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LegislationHEADLINE
8%with Dems
of 2,853 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
8%with Dems
of 2,853 · both combined
Steepest move
+12 pts
1967 → 1969
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 ↓1961196719731979
1981–8297th Congress
Sat as a Republican
7.8%with Democrats
of 115 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1967 → 1969, +12 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
Mar 31, 1982H.Res. 378No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 31, 1982H.Res. 378No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 24, 1982H.J.Res. 409No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 409), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Mar 24, 1982noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 23, 1982H.R. 5014No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 23, 1982H.Con.Res. 100No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 23, 1982noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1982noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1982H.R. 5366No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 115 contested votes scored in the 97th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance8.9% · 426 votes
Congress10.6% · 246 votes
Government Operations and Politics9.6% · 166 votes
International Affairs3.8% · 159 votes
Energy8.3% · 133 votes
Armed Forces and National Security14% · 57 votes
Labor and Employment7.5% · 53 votes
Transportation and Public Works9.4% · 53 votes
Education8.7% · 46 votes
Agriculture and Food9.1% · 44 votes
Taxation0% · 43 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance13.5% · 37 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources10.8% · 37 votes
Law3% · 33 votes
Environmental Protection3.7% · 27 votes
Commerce4% · 25 votes
Health17.4% · 23 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement4.5% · 22 votes
Finance and Financial Sector11.1% · 18 votes
Housing and Community Development0% · 18 votes
Social Welfare0% · 15 votes
District of Columbia0% · 14 votes
Industrial relations0% · 14 votes
Mines and mineral resources0% · 12 votes
Science, Technology, Communications18.2% · 11 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Lobbying— · 9 votes
Private Legislation— · 8 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 8 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Electronic surveillance— · 7 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 7 votes
Black lung— · 6 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4 votes
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 4 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 4 votes
Government securities— · 4 votes
Income tax— · 4 votes
Municipal finance— · 4 votes
Native Americans— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 3 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
Embargo— · 3 votes
Families— · 3 votes
Home repair and improvement— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Contested elections— · 2 votes
Cultural centers— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Financial disclosure— · 2 votes
Immigration— · 2 votes
Indian claims— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Museums— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Public works— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Territories (U.S.)— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Aquaculture— · 1 vote
Barber and beauty shops— · 1 vote
Chemicals— · 1 vote
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Domestic relations— · 1 vote
Droughts— · 1 vote
Earthquakes— · 1 vote
Emergency Management— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Impeachments— · 1 vote
Import restrictions— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Life insurance— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Political representation— · 1 vote
Postal rates and revenues— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Refugees— · 1 vote
Rehabilitation— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote
Sports and Recreation— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 69 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Rural conditions, Salaries, Social Sciences and History, Solar energy, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

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

Service record

11 Congresses
87th · 196197th · 1981
Republican · House · OH87th–97th
Term datesexact
Members · Ohio
JA

John Milan Ashbrook

Representative from Ohio
HOUSER1961–198311 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
7.6%with Democrats
of 2,853 votes · 92.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested8%of 2,853 · combined
Steepest move+12 pts1967→69, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019611981
1981–82 · 97th · Republican · of 115 votes7.8%

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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 · 115 contested votes scored in the 97th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance8.9% · 426
Congress10.6% · 246
Government Operations and Politics9.6% · 166
International Affairs3.8% · 159
Energy8.3% · 133
Armed Forces and National Security14% · 57
Labor and Employment7.5% · 53
Transportation and Public Works9.4% · 53
Education8.7% · 46
Agriculture and Food9.1% · 44
Taxation0% · 43
Foreign Trade and International Finance13.5% · 37
Public Lands and Natural Resources10.8% · 37
Law3% · 33
Environmental Protection3.7% · 27
Commerce4% · 25
Health17.4% · 23
Crime and Law Enforcement4.5% · 22
Finance and Financial Sector11.1% · 18
Housing and Community Development0% · 18
Social Welfare0% · 15
District of Columbia0% · 14
Industrial relations0% · 14
Mines and mineral resources0% · 12
Science, Technology, Communications18.2% · 11
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Lobbying— · 9
Private Legislation— · 8
Vietnamese Conflict— · 8
Depletion allowances— · 7
Electronic surveillance— · 7
Independent regulatory commissions— · 7
Black lung— · 6
Mortgages— · 6
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 4
Commemorations— · 4
Constitutional amendments— · 4
Government securities— · 4
Income tax— · 4
Municipal finance— · 4
Native Americans— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Coins and coinage— · 3
Congressional-executive relations— · 3
Credit— · 3
Embargo— · 3
Families— · 3
Home repair and improvement— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Conferences— · 2
Contested elections— · 2
Cultural centers— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Financial disclosure— · 2
Immigration— · 2
Indian claims— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Museums— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Public works— · 2
Real property— · 2
Territories (U.S.)— · 2
Youth— · 2
Aquaculture— · 1
Barber and beauty shops— · 1
Chemicals— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Domestic relations— · 1
Droughts— · 1
Earthquakes— · 1
Emergency Management— · 1
Gold— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Impeachments— · 1
Import restrictions— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Life insurance— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Noise— · 1
Political representation— · 1
Postal rates and revenues— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Rehabilitation— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1
Sports and Recreation— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 69 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Rural conditions, Salaries, Social Sciences and History, Solar energy, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

87th · 196197th · 1981
Republican87th–97th

Party switchers

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