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Cornelius Edward Gallagher

Representative from New Jersey
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1959–1973ID G000016
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LegislationHEADLINE
92%with Dems
of 846 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
92%with Dems
of 846 · both combined
Steepest move
+12 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 ↓195919651971
1971–7292nd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
81.5%with Democrats
of 124 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1959 → 1961, +12 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 5, 1972H.Res. 1145No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 2, 1972H.R. 16742No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 16742), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Aug 17, 1972H.R. 13915No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Aug 16, 1972H.R. 15417No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 27, 1972H.Res. 1057No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 24, 1972H.Res. 1024No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 28, 1972H.R. 13955No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 27, 1972H.R. 15390No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 124 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

7 Congresses
86th · 195992nd · 1971
Democrat · House · NJ86th–92nd
Term datesexact
Members · New Jersey
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Cornelius Edward Gallagher

Representative from New Jersey
HOUSED1959–19737 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
91.8%with Democrats
of 846 votes · 8.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested92%of 846 · combined
Steepest move+12 pts1959→61, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019591971
1971–72 · 92nd · Democrat · of 124 votes81.5%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 124 contested votes scored in the 92nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

86th · 195992nd · 1971
Democrat86th–92nd

Party switchers

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