JC
John Main Coffee
Representative from WashingtonHOUSEDEMOCRAT1937–1947ID C000584
LegislationHEADLINE
82%with Dems
of 475 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
82%with Dems
of 475 · both combined
Steepest move
+13 pts
1941 → 1943
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 ↓19371943
1945–4679th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
86.4%with Democrats
of 81 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1941 → 1943, +13 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
Aug 2, 1946noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 2, 1946H.J.Res. 225LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 1, 1946H.Res. 749LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 749), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored
Aug 1, 1946noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 29, 1946noneLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 29, 1946noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 29, 1946noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 16, 1946H.R. 6739LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 13, 1946S.J.Res. 138LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 81 contested votes scored in the 79th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
5 Congresses75th · 193779th · 1945
Democrat · House · WA75th–79th
Term datesexact