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William Thomas Granahan

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1945–1957ID G000369
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LegislationHEADLINE
90%with Dems
of 419 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
90%with Dems
of 419 · both combined
Steepest move
−5 pts
1951 → 1953
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 ↓19451951
1955–5684th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
84.6%with Democrats
of 39 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1951 → 1953, −5 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
May 22, 1956H.R. 11319No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 18, 1956H.R. 8901No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 10, 1956H.R. 10986No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10986), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
May 10, 1956H.R. 10986No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 3, 1956H.R. 10875No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 3, 1956H.R. 10875No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 3, 1956H.R. 10875No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 3, 1956H.R. 10875No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 27, 1956H.R. 10660No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 39 contested votes scored in the 84th 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

5 Congresses
79th · 194584th · 1955
Democrat · House · PA79th–84th
Term datesexact
Members · Pennsylvania
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William Thomas Granahan

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSED1945–19575 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
90%with Democrats
of 419 votes · 10% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested90%of 419 · combined
Steepest move−5 pts1951→53, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019451955
1955–56 · 84th · Democrat · of 39 votes84.6%

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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 · 39 contested votes scored in the 84th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

79th · 194584th · 1955
Democrat79th–84th

Party switchers

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