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John Francis Dockweiler

Representative from California
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1933–1939ID D000387
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LegislationHEADLINE
86%with Dems
of 263 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
86%with Dems
of 263 · both combined
Steepest move
+7 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 ↓1933
1937–3875th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
87.8%with Democrats
of 74 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1933 → 1935, +7 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 25, 1938H.R. 9873No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 24, 1938S. 2475No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 24, 1938S. 2475No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2475), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
May 23, 1938H.R. 478No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 18, 1938H.R. 9738No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 17, 1938H.R. 3115No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
May 17, 1938H.R. 2149No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 17, 1938S. 1242No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 12, 1938H.J.Res. 679No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 74 contested votes scored in the 75th 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

3 Congresses
73rd · 193375th · 1937
Democrat · House · CA73rd–75th
Term datesexact
Members · California
JD

John Francis Dockweiler

Representative from California
HOUSED1933–19393 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
85.6%with Democrats
of 263 votes · 14.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested86%of 263 · combined
Steepest move+7 pts1933→35, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019331937
1937–38 · 75th · Democrat · of 74 votes87.8%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 74 contested votes scored in the 75th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

73rd · 193375th · 1937
Democrat73rd–75th

Party switchers

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