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John David Dingell

Representative from Michigan
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1933–1957ID D000354
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LegislationHEADLINE
91%with Dems
of 951 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
91%with Dems
of 951 · both combined
Steepest move
+19 pts
1933 → 1935
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 ↓1933193919451951
1955–5684th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
100%with Democrats
of 26 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1933 → 1935, +19 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 2, 1955S. 2126No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 1, 1955H.Res. 299No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 29, 1955S. 2126No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2126), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Jul 28, 1955H.R. 6645No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 28, 1955H.R. 6645No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 28, 1955H.Res. 317No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 27, 1955H.R. 7474No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 27, 1955H.R. 7474No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 26, 1955H.Res. 314No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 26 contested votes scored in the 84th 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

12 Congresses
73rd · 193384th · 1955
Democrat · House · MI73rd–84th
Term datesexact
Members · Michigan
JD

John David Dingell

Representative from Michigan
HOUSED1933–195712 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
90.9%with Democrats
of 951 votes · 9.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested91%of 951 · combined
Steepest move+19 pts1933→35, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019331955
1955–56 · 84th · Democrat · of 26 votes100%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 26 contested votes scored in the 84th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

73rd · 193384th · 1955
Democrat73rd–84th

Party switchers

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