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Martin Adlai Brennan

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1933–1937ID B000799
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LegislationHEADLINE
91%with Dems
of 136 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
91%with Dems
of 136 · both combined
Steepest move
−5 pts
1933 → 1935
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 ↓1933
1935–3674th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
88.5%with Democrats
of 61 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1933 → 1935, −5 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
May 19, 1936H.R. 11214No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 22, 1936H.Res. 401No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 10, 1936H.R. 9870No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 9870), 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
Jan 10, 1936H.R. 9870No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 24, 1935noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 24, 1935S. 3140No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 24, 1935S. 2796No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 24, 1935S.J.Res. 175No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Aug 23, 1935H.R. 9100No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 61 contested votes scored in the 74th 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
73rd · 193374th · 1935
Democrat · House · IL73rd–74th
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
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Martin Adlai Brennan

Representative from Illinois
HOUSED1933–19372 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
91.2%with Democrats
of 136 votes · 8.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested91%of 136 · combined
Steepest move−5 pts1933→35, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019331935
1935–36 · 74th · Democrat · of 61 votes88.5%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 61 contested votes scored in the 74th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

73rd · 193374th · 1935
Democrat73rd–74th

Party switchers

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