John Goodchild Dow

Representative from New York

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1965–1973ID D000462

LegislationHEADLINE

94%with Dems

of 518 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

94%with Dems

of 518 · both combined

Steepest move

−5 pts

1967 → 1971

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 ↓19651971

1971–7292nd Congress

Sat as a Democrat

90.5%with Democrats

of 199 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1967 → 1971, −5 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

Oct 17, 1972H.R. 16810No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Oct 14, 1972S. 4062No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 13, 1972H.Res. 1153No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 1153), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Oct 12, 1972H.R. 16593No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Oct 12, 1972H.R. 14370No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 11, 1972H.R. 16654No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 10, 1972H.R. 16810No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Oct 5, 1972H.Res. 1145No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Oct 4, 1972S. 1316No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 199 contested votes scored in the 92nd 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

89th · 196592nd · 1971

Democrat · House · NY89th–92nd

Term datesexact

John Goodchild Dow

Representative from New York

HOUSED1965–19733 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

94.2%with Democrats

of 518 votes · 5.8% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested94%of 518 · combined

Steepest move−5 pts1967→71, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019651971

1971–72 · 92nd · Democrat · of 199 votes90.5%

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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 majorityYea

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 199 contested votes scored in the 92nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

89th · 196592nd · 1971

Democrat89th–92nd

Party switchers

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