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Thomas D'Alesandro Jr.

Representative from Maryland
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1939–1949ID D000007
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LegislationHEADLINE
85%with Dems
of 420 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
85%with Dems
of 420 · both combined
Steepest move
−12 pts
1945 → 1947
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 ↓19391945
1947–4880th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
73.3%with Democrats
of 15 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1945 → 1947, −12 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 9, 1947H.R. 2616No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 1, 1947H.R. 3203No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 1, 1947H.R. 3203No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 3203), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Apr 30, 1947H.J.Res. 153No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Apr 28, 1947S. 736No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 25, 1947H.R. 2123No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 25, 1947H.R. 2123No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 17, 1947H.R. 3020No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Apr 17, 1947H.R. 3020No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 15 contested votes scored in the 80th 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

5 Congresses
76th · 193980th · 1947
Democrat · House · MD76th–80th
Term datesexact
Members · Maryland
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Thomas D'Alesandro Jr.

Representative from Maryland
HOUSED1939–19495 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
85.2%with Democrats
of 420 votes · 14.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested85%of 420 · combined
Steepest move−12 pts1945→47, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019391947
1947–48 · 80th · Democrat · of 15 votes73.3%

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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 · 15 contested votes scored in the 80th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

76th · 193980th · 1947
Democrat76th–80th

Party switchers

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