Joseph Andrew Gavagan

Representative from New York

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1929–1945ID G000101

LegislationHEADLINE

80%with Dems

of 599 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

80%with Dems

of 599 · both combined

Steepest move

−17 pts

1929 → 1931

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 ↓192919351941

1943–4478th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

86.8%with Democrats

of 38 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1929 → 1931, −17 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, 1943H.R. 3598No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Dec 13, 1943H.R. 2887No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Dec 13, 1943H.R. 2887No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 2887), 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

Dec 8, 1943H.J.Res. 171No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Nov 23, 1943H.R. 3477No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Nov 16, 1943H.R. 3356No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 18, 1943S. 1279No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 21, 1943H.Con.Res. 25No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 8, 1943H.R. 2968No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 38 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

8 Congresses

71st · 192978th · 1943

Democrat · House · NY71st–78th

Term datesexact

Joseph Andrew Gavagan

Representative from New York

HOUSED1929–19458 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

80.3%with Democrats

of 599 votes · 19.7% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested80%of 599 · combined

Steepest move−17 pts1929→31, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019291943

1943–44 · 78th · Democrat · of 38 votes86.8%

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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 · 38 contested votes scored in the 78th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

71st · 192978th · 1943

Democrat71st–78th

Party switchers

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