John Vernard Dowdy

Representative from Texas

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1953–1973ID D000467

LegislationHEADLINE

33%with Dems

of 1,015 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

33%with Dems

of 1,015 · both combined

Steepest move

−18 pts

1959 → 1961

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 ↓1953195919651971

1971–7292nd Congress

Sat as a Democrat

22%with Democrats

of 82 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1959 → 1961, −18 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, 1972H.R. 12006No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

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

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 14370), 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 11, 1972H.R. 16654No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

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

Oct 3, 1972H.R. 7130No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Oct 2, 1972H.R. 16742No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Sep 21, 1972H.R. 16705No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Sep 6, 1972H.R. 13514No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 82 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

10 Congresses

83rd · 195392nd · 1971

Democrat · House · TX83rd–92nd

Term datesexact

John Vernard Dowdy

Representative from Texas

HOUSED1953–197310 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

33%with Democrats

of 1,015 votes · 67% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested33%of 1,015 · combined

Steepest move−18 pts1959→61, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019531971

1971–72 · 92nd · Democrat · of 82 votes22%

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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 · 82 contested votes scored in the 92nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

83rd · 195392nd · 1971

Democrat83rd–92nd

Party switchers

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