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John Lloyd Dorsey Jr.

Representative from Kentucky
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1929–1931ID D000440
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LegislationHEADLINE
93%with Dems
of 15 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
93%with Dems
of 15 · both combined

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 ↓1929
1929–3071st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
93.3%with Democrats
of 15 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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
Feb 28, 1931S. 4586No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1931H.R. 12918No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1931H.R. 17054No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 17054), 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
Feb 26, 1931H.R. 16836No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 25, 1931H.R. 16982No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1931S.J.Res. 3No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 24, 1931H.J.Res. 292No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 23, 1931S. 3060No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 20, 1931S.J.Res. 49No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 15 contested votes scored in the 71st 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

1 Congresses
71st · 1929
Democrat · House · KY71st–71st
Term datesexact
Members · Kentucky
JD

John Lloyd Dorsey Jr.

Representative from Kentucky
HOUSED1929–19311 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
93.3%with Democrats
of 15 votes · 6.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested93%of 15 · combined

Career arc

10050019291929
1929–30 · 71st · Democrat · of 15 votes93.3%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 15 contested votes scored in the 71st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

71st · 192971st · 1929
Democrat71st–71st

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