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Lawrence Joseph Connery

Representative from Massachusetts
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1937–1943ID C000693
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LegislationHEADLINE
77%with Dems
of 211 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
77%with Dems
of 211 · both combined
Steepest move
−6 pts
1939 → 1941
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 ↓1937
1941–4277th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
72.2%with Democrats
of 36 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1939 → 1941, −6 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 13, 1941S. 1579No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 13, 1941H.R. 5300No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 12, 1941H.J.Res. 222No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 222), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Aug 12, 1941H.J.Res. 222No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Aug 7, 1941S. 1580No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Aug 5, 1941S. 1579No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 4, 1941H.R. 5417No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 4, 1941H.R. 5417No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 30, 1941H.Res. 280No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 36 contested votes scored in the 77th 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

3 Congresses
75th · 193777th · 1941
Democrat · House · MA75th–77th
Term datesexact
Members · Massachusetts
LC

Lawrence Joseph Connery

Representative from Massachusetts
HOUSED1937–19433 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
76.8%with Democrats
of 211 votes · 23.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested77%of 211 · combined
Steepest move−6 pts1939→41, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019371941
1941–42 · 77th · Democrat · of 36 votes72.2%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 36 contested votes scored in the 77th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

75th · 193777th · 1941
Democrat75th–77th

Party switchers

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