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J. Edward Hutchinson

Representative from Michigan
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1963–1977ID H001011
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LegislationHEADLINE
7%with Dems
of 1,686 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
7%with Dems
of 1,686 · both combined
Steepest move
+8 pts
1967 → 1969
still a Republican

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 ↓196319691975
1975–7694th Congress
Sat as a Republican
6.1%with Democrats
of 523 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1967 → 1969, +8 pts — within one party label.
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
Oct 1, 1976H.R. 11337No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 1, 1976S. 3131No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 1, 1976H.R. 10210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10210), 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
Oct 1, 1976S. 2278No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 1, 1976S. 2278No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 1, 1976H.Res. 1591No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 1, 1976H.R. 12572No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 30, 1976S. 3521No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Sep 30, 1976H.R. 10210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 523 contested votes scored in the 94th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance8.6% · 163 votes
Congress7.4% · 95 votes
Energy7.5% · 80 votes
Government Operations and Politics4.8% · 63 votes
International Affairs0% · 36 votes
Agriculture and Food0% · 27 votes
Armed Forces and National Security29.6% · 27 votes
Transportation and Public Works3.7% · 27 votes
Labor and Employment7.7% · 26 votes
Taxation13.6% · 22 votes
Law5.6% · 18 votes
Commerce12.5% · 16 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources14.3% · 14 votes
District of Columbia0% · 13 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement0% · 12 votes
Mines and mineral resources8.3% · 12 votes
Education20% · 10 votes
Environmental Protection0% · 10 votes
Health0% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 9 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes
Finance and Financial Sector— · 8 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6 votes
Lobbying— · 6 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 5 votes
Social Welfare— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Private Legislation— · 4 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Public works— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Chemicals— · 1 vote
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Emergency Management— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Industrial relations— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Native Americans— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Refugees— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote
Territories (U.S.)— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 39 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

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

Service record

7 Congresses
88th · 196394th · 1975
Republican · House · MI88th–94th
Term datesexact
Members · Michigan
JH

J. Edward Hutchinson

Representative from Michigan
HOUSER1963–19777 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
7.1%with Democrats
of 1,686 votes · 92.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested7%of 1,686 · combined
Steepest move+8 pts1967→69, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019631975
1975–76 · 94th · Republican · of 523 votes6.1%

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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 · 523 contested votes scored in the 94th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance8.6% · 163
Congress7.4% · 95
Energy7.5% · 80
Government Operations and Politics4.8% · 63
International Affairs0% · 36
Agriculture and Food0% · 27
Armed Forces and National Security29.6% · 27
Transportation and Public Works3.7% · 27
Labor and Employment7.7% · 26
Taxation13.6% · 22
Law5.6% · 18
Commerce12.5% · 16
Public Lands and Natural Resources14.3% · 14
District of Columbia0% · 13
Crime and Law Enforcement0% · 12
Mines and mineral resources8.3% · 12
Education20% · 10
Environmental Protection0% · 10
Health0% · 10
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Housing and Community Development— · 9
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9
Finance and Financial Sector— · 8
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8
Depletion allowances— · 7
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6
Lobbying— · 6
Mortgages— · 6
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 5
Social Welfare— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Private Legislation— · 4
Coins and coinage— · 3
Credit— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Public works— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Conferences— · 2
Constitutional amendments— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Real property— · 2
Youth— · 2
Chemicals— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Emergency Management— · 1
Gold— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Industrial relations— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Native Americans— · 1
Noise— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1
Territories (U.S.)— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 39 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

88th · 196394th · 1975
Republican88th–94th

Party switchers

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