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Edward Grimes Breen

Representative from Ohio
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1949–1953ID B000792
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LegislationHEADLINE
90%with Dems
of 148 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
90%with Dems
of 148 · both combined
Steepest move
+9 pts
1949 → 1951
still a Democrat

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 ↓1949
1951–5282nd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
96.8%with Democrats
of 31 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1949 → 1951, +9 pts — while still a Democrat.
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 30, 1951H.R. 4484No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 27, 1951H.Res. 355No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 20, 1951H.R. 3871No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 3871), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Jul 20, 1951H.R. 3871No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 20, 1951H.R. 3871No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 20, 1951H.R. 3871No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 20, 1951H.R. 3871No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 20, 1951H.R. 3871No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 29, 1951H.J.Res. 278No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 31 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

2 Congresses
81st · 194982nd · 1951
Democrat · House · OH81st–82nd
Term datesexact
Members · Ohio
EB

Edward Grimes Breen

Representative from Ohio
HOUSED1949–19532 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
89.9%with Democrats
of 148 votes · 10.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested90%of 148 · combined
Steepest move+9 pts1949→51, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019491951
1951–52 · 82nd · Democrat · of 31 votes96.8%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 31 contested votes scored in the 82nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

81st · 194982nd · 1951
Democrat81st–82nd

Party switchers

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