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Thomas Francis Johnson

Representative from Maryland
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1959–1963ID J000176
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LegislationHEADLINE
81%with Dems
of 199 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
81%with Dems
of 199 · both combined
Steepest move
+17 pts
1959 → 1961
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 ↓1959
1961–6287th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
88.3%with Democrats
of 111 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1959 → 1961, +17 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
Oct 13, 1962H.R. 12900No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 11, 1962S. 3451No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 10, 1962H.R. 8952No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 8952), 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
Oct 10, 1962H.R. 12580No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 10, 1962H.Res. 831No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 6, 1962H.R. 13175No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 5, 1962S. 1447No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 5, 1962H.Con.Res. 570No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 5, 1962H.R. 7972No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 111 contested votes scored in the 87th 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

2 Congresses
86th · 195987th · 1961
Democrat · House · MD86th–87th
Term datesexact
Members · Maryland
TJ

Thomas Francis Johnson

Representative from Maryland
HOUSED1959–19632 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
80.9%with Democrats
of 199 votes · 19.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested81%of 199 · combined
Steepest move+17 pts1959→61, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019591961
1961–62 · 87th · Democrat · of 111 votes88.3%

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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 · 111 contested votes scored in the 87th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

86th · 195987th · 1961
Democrat86th–87th

Party switchers

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