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John Edward Fogarty

Representative from Rhode Island
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1941–1967ID F000233
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LegislationHEADLINE
85%with Dems
of 1,163 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
85%with Dems
of 1,163 · both combined
Steepest move
−15 pts
1953 → 1955
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 ↓19411947195319591965
1965–6689th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
88.2%with Democrats
of 161 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1953 → 1955, −15 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 21, 1966H.R. 18381No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 21, 1966H.R. 14644No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 20, 1966H.R. 17607No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 17607), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Oct 20, 1966H.R. 13161No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 20, 1966H.R. 15111No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 20, 1966S. 3708No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 19, 1966S.J.Res. 167No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 19, 1966H.R. 18233No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 19, 1966H.R. 5688No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 161 contested votes scored in the 89th 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

13 Congresses
77th · 194189th · 1965
Democrat · House · RI77th–89th
Term datesexact
Members · Rhode Island
JF

John Edward Fogarty

Representative from Rhode Island
HOUSED1941–196713 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
85%with Democrats
of 1,163 votes · 15% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested85%of 1,163 · combined
Steepest move−15 pts1953→55, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019411965
1965–66 · 89th · Democrat · of 161 votes88.2%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 161 contested votes scored in the 89th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

77th · 194189th · 1965
Democrat77th–89th

Party switchers

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