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Edward Rowan Finnegan

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1961–1965ID F000135
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LegislationHEADLINE
97%with Dems
of 214 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
97%with Dems
of 214 · both combined
Steepest move
−0 pts
1961 → 1963
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 ↓1961
1963–6488th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
97.2%with Democrats
of 108 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1961 → 1963, −0 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 1, 1964H.Res. 892No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 3, 1964S. 2220No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 19, 1964H.R. 11926No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 11926), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Aug 19, 1964H.Res. 845No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 19, 1964S. 3049No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 18, 1964S. 1007No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 18, 1964H.R. 8000No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 18, 1964H.R. 8864No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 18, 1964H.R. 1839No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 108 contested votes scored in the 88th 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
87th · 196188th · 1963
Democrat · House · IL87th–88th
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
EF

Edward Rowan Finnegan

Representative from Illinois
HOUSED1961–19652 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
97.2%with Democrats
of 214 votes · 2.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested97%of 214 · combined
Steepest move−0 pts1961→63, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019611963
1963–64 · 88th · Democrat · of 108 votes97.2%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 108 contested votes scored in the 88th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

87th · 196188th · 1963
Democrat87th–88th

Party switchers

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