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Joseph Thomas Deal

Representative from Virginia
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1921–1929ID D000169
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LegislationHEADLINE
75%with Dems
of 290 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
75%with Dems
of 290 · both combined
Steepest move
−26 pts
1921 → 1923
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 ↓19211927
1927–2870th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
65.6%with Democrats
of 32 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1921 → 1923, −26 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
Mar 3, 1929H.J.Res. 402No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1929S. 2901No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 25, 1929H.R. 17223No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 17223), 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
Feb 19, 1929H.R. 15089No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 18, 1929S. 1462No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 15, 1929H.R. 16926No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 8, 1929H.R. 16714No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 31, 1929H.R. 303No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 24, 1929H.R. 16352No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 32 contested votes scored in the 70th 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

4 Congresses
67th · 192170th · 1927
Democrat · House · VA67th–70th
Term datesexact
Members · Virginia
JD

Joseph Thomas Deal

Representative from Virginia
HOUSED1921–19294 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
74.8%with Democrats
of 290 votes · 25.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested75%of 290 · combined
Steepest move−26 pts1921→23, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019211927
1927–28 · 70th · Democrat · of 32 votes65.6%

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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 · 32 contested votes scored in the 70th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

67th · 192170th · 1927
Democrat67th–70th

Party switchers

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