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Michael Joseph Kirwan

Representative from Ohio
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1937–1971ID K000244
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LegislationHEADLINE
91%with Dems
of 1,585 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
91%with Dems
of 1,585 · both combined
Steepest move
+15 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 ↓193719431949195519611967
1969–7091st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
80.8%with Democrats
of 26 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1959 → 1961, +15 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 23, 1970H.R. 14705No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 15, 1970S. 2601No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 9, 1970H.R. 17070No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 17070), 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
Jul 9, 1970H.R. 1562No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 9, 1970H.R. 1562No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 8, 1970H.R. 279No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 25, 1970H.R. 17495No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 17, 1970H.Res. 914No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 3, 1970H.R. 17802No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 26 contested votes scored in the 91st 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

17 Congresses
75th · 193791st · 1969
Democrat · House · OH75th–91st
Term datesexact
Members · Ohio
MK

Michael Joseph Kirwan

Representative from Ohio
HOUSED1937–197117 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
90.7%with Democrats
of 1,585 votes · 9.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested91%of 1,585 · combined
Steepest move+15 pts1959→61, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019371969
1969–70 · 91st · Democrat · of 26 votes80.8%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 26 contested votes scored in the 91st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

75th · 193791st · 1969
Democrat75th–91st

Party switchers

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