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James Vincent Buckley

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1949–1951ID B001028
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LegislationHEADLINE
87%with Dems
of 131 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
87%with Dems
of 131 · both combined

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
1949–5081st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
87%with Democrats
of 131 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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
Jan 1, 1951S. 3295No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 1, 1951S. 3295No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 1, 1951S. 3295No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3295), 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
Dec 5, 1950H.R. 9827No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 5, 1950H.R. 9827No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 22, 1950H.R. 9490No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 22, 1950H.R. 8920No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 21, 1950H.R. 9526No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 21, 1950H.R. 9526No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 131 contested votes scored in the 81st 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

1 Congresses
81st · 1949
Democrat · House · IL81st–81st
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
JB

James Vincent Buckley

Representative from Illinois
HOUSED1949–19511 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
87%with Democrats
of 131 votes · 13% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested87%of 131 · combined

Career arc

10050019491949
1949–50 · 81st · Democrat · of 131 votes87%

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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
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Latest 6 shown · 131 contested votes scored in the 81st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

81st · 194981st · 1949
Democrat81st–81st

Party switchers

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