John Joseph Dempsey

Representative from New Mexico

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1935–1959ID D000228

LegislationHEADLINE

79%with Dems

of 601 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

79%with Dems

of 601 · both combined

Steepest move

−21 pts

1939 → 1951

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 ↓1935194119471953

1957–5885th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

86%with Democrats

of 57 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1939 → 1951, −21 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

Feb 26, 1958H.R. 10881No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 19, 1958H.J.Res. 2No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Feb 4, 1958H.R. 2151No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 2151), 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

Open roll call

Jan 23, 1958H.R. 10146No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jan 23, 1958H.R. 9955No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jan 23, 1958H.R. 9955No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Jan 15, 1958H.R. 9739No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 30, 1957H.R. 9302No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Aug 28, 1957S. 2792No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 57 contested votes scored in the 85th 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

7 Congresses

74th · 193585th · 1957

Democrat · House · NM74th–85th

Term datesexact

John Joseph Dempsey

Representative from New Mexico

HOUSED1935–19597 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

78.9%with Democrats

of 601 votes · 21.1% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested79%of 601 · combined

Steepest move−21 pts1939→51, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019351957

1957–58 · 85th · Democrat · of 57 votes86%

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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 · 57 contested votes scored in the 85th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

74th · 193585th · 1957

Democrat74th–85th

Party switchers

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