James Joseph Heffernan

Representative from New York

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1941–1953ID H000443

LegislationHEADLINE

93%with Dems

of 447 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

93%with Dems

of 447 · both combined

Steepest move

+6 pts

1949 → 1951

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 ↓19411947

1951–5282nd Congress

Sat as a Democrat

95.5%with Democrats

of 89 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1949 → 1951, +6 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

Jul 4, 1952H.R. 7656No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 4, 1952S. 3066No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Jul 3, 1952H.Res. 695No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 695), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.

Where this lands

NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Jul 3, 1952noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jul 3, 1952H.R. 7289No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jul 3, 1952H.R. 7176No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 3, 1952H.R. 7176No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 2, 1952H.R. 7072No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jul 2, 1952H.Res. 638No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 89 contested votes scored in the 82nd 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

6 Congresses

77th · 194182nd · 1951

Democrat · House · NY77th–82nd

Term datesexact

James Joseph Heffernan

Representative from New York

HOUSED1941–19536 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

92.8%with Democrats

of 447 votes · 7.2% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested93%of 447 · combined

Steepest move+6 pts1949→51, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019411951

1951–52 · 82nd · Democrat · of 89 votes95.5%

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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 majorityNay

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 89 contested votes scored in the 82nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

77th · 194182nd · 1951

Democrat77th–82nd

Party switchers

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