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Martha Wright Griffiths

Representative from Michigan
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1955–1975ID G000471
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LegislationHEADLINE
87%with Dems
of 1,315 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
87%with Dems
of 1,315 · both combined
Steepest move
−15 pts
1955 → 1957
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 ↓1955196119671973
1973–7493rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
80.2%with Democrats
of 283 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1955 → 1957, −15 pts — while still a Democrat.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

9 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 10710No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974S. 3976No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3976), 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
Dec 18, 1974H.R. 546No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1974H.J.Res. 1180No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1974H.R. 16596No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1974H.J.Res. 1178No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1974H.Res. 1512No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 17, 1974H.R. 17481No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 283 contested votes scored in the 93rd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance91.7% · 48 votes
Congress77.5% · 40 votes
Energy70.4% · 27 votes
Labor and Employment81% · 21 votes
District of Columbia84.6% · 13 votes
Transportation and Public Works61.5% · 13 votes
Government Operations and Politics83.3% · 12 votes
International Affairs91.7% · 12 votes
Armed Forces and National Security81.8% · 11 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6 votes
Commerce— · 5 votes
Environmental Protection— · 5 votes
Mines and mineral resources— · 5 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 4 votes
Health— · 4 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 4 votes
Agriculture and Food— · 3 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 3 votes
Commemorations— · 3 votes
Education— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 2 votes
Law— · 2 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Immigration— · 1 vote
Monuments and memorials— · 1 vote
Private Legislation— · 1 vote
Public works— · 1 vote
Science, Technology, Communications— · 1 vote
Social Welfare— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 29 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Coins and coinage, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Gold, Impeachments, Livestock, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Right of privacy, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Vietnamese Conflict, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

10 Congresses
84th · 195593rd · 1973
Democrat · House · MI84th–93rd
Term datesexact
Members · Michigan
MG

Martha Wright Griffiths

Representative from Michigan
HOUSED1955–197510 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
87%with Democrats
of 1,315 votes · 13% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested87%of 1,315 · combined
Steepest move−15 pts1955→57, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019551973
1973–74 · 93rd · Democrat · of 283 votes80.2%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. 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 · 283 contested votes scored in the 93rd

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance91.7% · 48
Congress77.5% · 40
Energy70.4% · 27
Labor and Employment81% · 21
District of Columbia84.6% · 13
Transportation and Public Works61.5% · 13
Government Operations and Politics83.3% · 12
International Affairs91.7% · 12
Armed Forces and National Security81.8% · 11
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6
Commerce— · 5
Environmental Protection— · 5
Mines and mineral resources— · 5
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 4
Health— · 4
Housing and Community Development— · 4
Agriculture and Food— · 3
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 3
Commemorations— · 3
Education— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 2
Law— · 2
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 2
Real property— · 2
Immigration— · 1
Monuments and memorials— · 1
Private Legislation— · 1
Public works— · 1
Science, Technology, Communications— · 1
Social Welfare— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 29 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Coins and coinage, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Gold, Impeachments, Livestock, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Right of privacy, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Vietnamese Conflict, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Service record

84th · 195593rd · 1973
Democrat84th–93rd

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