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John Vliet Lindsay

Representative from New York
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1959–1967ID L000326
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LegislationHEADLINE
52%with Dems
of 389 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
52%with Dems
of 389 · both combined
Steepest move
+26 pts
1963 → 1965
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 ↓19591965
1965–6689th Congress
Sat as a Republican
79%with Democrats
of 62 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1963 → 1965, +26 pts — within one party label.
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 21, 1965H.R. 11588No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 21, 1965H.R. 11588No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 20, 1965S. 2300No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2300), 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
Oct 14, 1965H.R. 11588No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 14, 1965H.R. 11588No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 8, 1965H.R. 9811No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 7, 1965S. 2084No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 7, 1965S. 2084No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Oct 1, 1965H.R. 10871No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 62 contested votes scored in the 89th 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

4 Congresses
86th · 195989th · 1965
Republican · House · NY86th–89th
Term datesexact
Members · New York
JL

John Vliet Lindsay

Representative from New York
HOUSER1959–19674 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
52.4%with Democrats
of 389 votes · 47.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested52%of 389 · combined
Steepest move+26 pts1963→65, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019591965
1965–66 · 89th · Republican · of 62 votes79%

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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 · 62 contested votes scored in the 89th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

86th · 195989th · 1965
Republican86th–89th

Party switchers

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