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John Herman Dent

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1957–1979ID D000255
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LegislationHEADLINE
81%with Dems
of 2,079 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
81%with Dems
of 2,079 · both combined
Steepest move
−17 pts
1967 → 1969
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 ↓1957196319691975
1977–7895th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
67.7%with Democrats
of 294 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1967 → 1969, −17 pts — while still a Democrat.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

9 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 10979No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 9937No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 13511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 13511), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 13750No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 14, 1978H.Res. 1448No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 12467No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 15No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978S. 3447No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978S. 2493No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 294 contested votes scored in the 95th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance76.5% · 221 votes
Congress82.4% · 125 votes
Government Operations and Politics78.5% · 79 votes
Energy73% · 74 votes
International Affairs28.1% · 64 votes
Labor and Employment94.6% · 37 votes
Armed Forces and National Security60.6% · 33 votes
Transportation and Public Works80.6% · 31 votes
Agriculture and Food75% · 28 votes
Taxation71.4% · 28 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources52% · 25 votes
Law76.2% · 21 votes
Commerce88.2% · 17 votes
Environmental Protection88.2% · 17 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement81.3% · 16 votes
Education75% · 16 votes
Health66.7% · 15 votes
Mines and mineral resources78.6% · 14 votes
District of Columbia100% · 12 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance41.7% · 12 votes
Industrial relations100% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Finance and Financial Sector— · 9 votes
Lobbying— · 9 votes
Social Welfare— · 9 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 8 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Electronic surveillance— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 4 votes
Income tax— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Private Legislation— · 4 votes
Public works— · 4 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 4 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 3 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
Embargo— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Cultural centers— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Financial disclosure— · 2 votes
Indian claims— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Petroleum industry— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Water Resources Development— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Barber and beauty shops— · 1 vote
Chemicals— · 1 vote
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 1 vote
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Domestic relations— · 1 vote
Droughts— · 1 vote
Emergency Management— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Government securities— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Home repair and improvement— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Impeachments— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Life insurance— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Native Americans— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Refugees— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote
Territories (U.S.)— · 1 vote

They also voted in 79 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Aquaculture, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Black lung, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Contested elections, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Earthquakes, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Import restrictions, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal finance, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Museums, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Political representation, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Rehabilitation, Rural conditions, Salaries, Solar energy, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

11 Congresses
85th · 195795th · 1977
Democrat · House · PA85th–95th
Term datesexact
Members · Pennsylvania
JD

John Herman Dent

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSED1957–197911 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
81.3%with Democrats
of 2,079 votes · 18.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested81%of 2,079 · combined
Steepest move−17 pts1967→69, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019571977
1977–78 · 95th · Democrat · of 294 votes67.7%

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Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. 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 · 294 contested votes scored in the 95th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance76.5% · 221
Congress82.4% · 125
Government Operations and Politics78.5% · 79
Energy73% · 74
International Affairs28.1% · 64
Labor and Employment94.6% · 37
Armed Forces and National Security60.6% · 33
Transportation and Public Works80.6% · 31
Agriculture and Food75% · 28
Taxation71.4% · 28
Public Lands and Natural Resources52% · 25
Law76.2% · 21
Commerce88.2% · 17
Environmental Protection88.2% · 17
Crime and Law Enforcement81.3% · 16
Education75% · 16
Health66.7% · 15
Mines and mineral resources78.6% · 14
District of Columbia100% · 12
Foreign Trade and International Finance41.7% · 12
Industrial relations100% · 10
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Finance and Financial Sector— · 9
Lobbying— · 9
Social Welfare— · 9
Housing and Community Development— · 8
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8
Depletion allowances— · 7
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6
Mortgages— · 6
Electronic surveillance— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Constitutional amendments— · 4
Income tax— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Private Legislation— · 4
Public works— · 4
Vietnamese Conflict— · 4
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 3
Coins and coinage— · 3
Credit— · 3
Embargo— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Conferences— · 2
Cultural centers— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Financial disclosure— · 2
Indian claims— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Petroleum industry— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Real property— · 2
Water Resources Development— · 2
Youth— · 2
Barber and beauty shops— · 1
Chemicals— · 1
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Domestic relations— · 1
Droughts— · 1
Emergency Management— · 1
Gold— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Government securities— · 1
Heating— · 1
Home repair and improvement— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Impeachments— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Life insurance— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Native Americans— · 1
Noise— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1
Territories (U.S.)— · 1

Also voted in 79 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Aquaculture, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Black lung, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Contested elections, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Earthquakes, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Import restrictions, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal finance, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Museums, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Political representation, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Rehabilitation, Rural conditions, Salaries, Solar energy, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

85th · 195795th · 1977
Democrat85th–95th

Party switchers

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