JH
John Patrick Higgins
Representative from MassachusettsHOUSEDEMOCRAT1935–1939ID H000579
LegislationHEADLINE
77%with Dems
of 146 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
77%with Dems
of 146 · both combined
Steepest move
+6 pts
1935 → 1937
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 ↓1935
1937–3875th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
81.1%with Democrats
of 37 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1935 → 1937, +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
Aug 19, 1937H.Res. 309LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 18, 1937S. 1685LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 18, 1937S. 1685LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 1685), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Aug 13, 1937H.R. 8202LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 13, 1937noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 13, 1937H.R. 7950LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 9, 1937H.Res. 259LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 27, 1937H.R. 7730LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 27, 1937H.R. 7730LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 37 contested votes scored in the 75th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
2 Congresses74th · 193575th · 1937
Democrat · House · MA74th–75th
Term datesexact