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James George Donovan
Representative from New YorkHOUSEDEMOCRAT1951–1957ID D000421
LegislationHEADLINE
61%with Dems
of 209 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
61%with Dems
of 209 · both combined
Steepest move
−6 pts
1953 → 1955
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 ↓1951
1955–5684th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
56.9%with Democrats
of 58 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1953 → 1955, −6 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
Jul 27, 1956S. 3338LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 27, 1956H.Res. 625LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 26, 1956H.R. 8902LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 8902), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Jul 26, 1956H.Res. 641LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 25, 1956H.Res. 638LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 25, 1956H.Res. 618LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 24, 1956H.R. 12061LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 24, 1956H.R. 12061LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 24, 1956H.R. 7992LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 58 contested votes scored in the 84th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
3 Congresses82nd · 195184th · 1955
Democrat · House · NY82nd–84th
Term datesexact