Edwin Benedict Dooley

Representative from New York

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1957–1963ID D000425

LegislationHEADLINE

26%with Dems

of 261 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

26%with Dems

of 261 · both combined

Steepest move

+8 pts

1959 → 1961

still a Republican

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 ↓1957

1961–6287th Congress

Sat as a Republican

30.5%with Democrats

of 82 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1959 → 1961, +8 pts — within one party label.

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

Sep 26, 1962S.J.Res. 230No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Sep 20, 1962H.R. 12391No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Aug 29, 1962H.R. 10113No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10113), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

YEASided with the Republican majority

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Aug 1, 1962H.R. 10904No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Aug 1, 1962H.R. 575No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Jul 26, 1962H.R. 529No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Jul 25, 1962H.R. 12648No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Jul 24, 1962S. 2996No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Jul 20, 1962H.R. 12580No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 82 contested votes scored in the 87th 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

85th · 195787th · 1961

Republican · House · NY85th–87th

Term datesexact

Edwin Benedict Dooley

Representative from New York

HOUSER1957–19633 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

26.4%with Democrats

of 261 votes · 73.6% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested26%of 261 · combined

Steepest move+8 pts1959→61, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019571961

1961–62 · 87th · Republican · of 82 votes30.5%

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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

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Latest 6 shown · 82 contested votes scored in the 87th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

85th · 195787th · 1961

Republican85th–87th

Party switchers

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