Thomas Joseph Lane

Representative from Massachusetts

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1941–1963ID L000065

LegislationHEADLINE

85%with Dems

of 871 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

85%with Dems

of 871 · both combined

Steepest move

−28 pts

1953 → 1955

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 ↓1941194719531959

1961–6287th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

89.7%with Democrats

of 116 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1953 → 1955, −28 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 recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Oct 12, 1962H.R. 12900No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Oct 11, 1962S. 3451No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3451), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

YEASided with the Democratic majority

Open roll call

Oct 10, 1962H.R. 8952No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · 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

9 most recent roll calls shown · 116 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

11 Congresses

77th · 194187th · 1961

Democrat · House · MA77th–87th

Term datesexact

Thomas Joseph Lane

Representative from Massachusetts

HOUSED1941–196311 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

85%with Democrats

of 871 votes · 15% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested85%of 871 · combined

Steepest move−28 pts1953→55, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019411961

1961–62 · 87th · Democrat · of 116 votes89.7%

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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 majorityNay

Counts toward scoreYes

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 116 contested votes scored in the 87th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

77th · 194187th · 1961

Democrat77th–87th

Party switchers

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