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James Herbert Fay

Representative from New York
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1939–1945ID F000051
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LegislationHEADLINE
93%with Dems
of 188 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
93%with Dems
of 188 · both combined
Steepest move
+1 pts
1939 → 1943
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 ↓1939
1943–4478th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
93.2%with Democrats
of 59 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1939 → 1943, +1 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
Dec 16, 1944H.R. 5587No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 11, 1944H.R. 2241No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 5, 1944H.R. 5564No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 5564), 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
Sep 18, 1944H.R. 5125No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 18, 1944S. 2051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 18, 1944S. 2051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 23, 1944H.Res. 593No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 22, 1944H.Res. 422No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 22, 1944H.Res. 422No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 59 contested votes scored in the 78th 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

2 Congresses
76th · 193978th · 1943
Democrat · House · NY76th–78th
Term datesexact
Members · New York
JF

James Herbert Fay

Representative from New York
HOUSED1939–19452 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
92.6%with Democrats
of 188 votes · 7.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested93%of 188 · combined
Steepest move+1 pts1939→43, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019391943
1943–44 · 78th · Democrat · of 59 votes93.2%

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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 · 59 contested votes scored in the 78th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

76th · 193978th · 1943
Democrat76th–78th

Party switchers

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