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John Harley Burke

Representative from California
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1933–1935ID B001094
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LegislationHEADLINE
68%with Dems
of 62 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
68%with Dems
of 62 · 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 ↓1933
1933–3473rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
67.7%with Democrats
of 62 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
Jun 7, 1934H.R. 392No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 7, 1934H.R. 9829No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 5, 1934H.R. 368No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 368), 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
Jun 5, 1934H.R. 9391No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 4, 1934H.R. 6663No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 1, 1934H.R. 410No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 1, 1934H.R. 410No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 1, 1934H.R. 410No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 1, 1934H.R. 9404No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 62 contested votes scored in the 73rd 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
73rd · 1933
Democrat · House · CA73rd–73rd
Term datesexact
Members · California
JB

John Harley Burke

Representative from California
HOUSED1933–19351 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
67.7%with Democrats
of 62 votes · 32.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested68%of 62 · combined

Career arc

10050019331933
1933–34 · 73rd · Democrat · of 62 votes67.7%

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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 · 62 contested votes scored in the 73rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

73rd · 193373rd · 1933
Democrat73rd–73rd

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