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Torbert Hart Macdonald

Representative from Massachusetts
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1955–1977ID M000005
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LegislationHEADLINE
84%with Dems
of 1,643 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
84%with Dems
of 1,643 · 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 ↓1955196119671973
1975–7694th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
89%with Democrats
of 300 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

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
May 20, 1976H.R. 13350No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 19, 1976H.R. 13350No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
May 19, 1976H.R. 13350No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 13350), 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
Apr 29, 1976H.Con.Res. 611No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 29, 1976H.Con.Res. 611No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Apr 29, 1976H.Con.Res. 611No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Apr 29, 1976H.R. 8617No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 28, 1976H.Con.Res. 611No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 9, 1976H.R. 12438No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 300 contested votes scored in the 94th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance84.4% · 96 votes
Energy87.5% · 72 votes
Congress88.7% · 71 votes
Government Operations and Politics94.6% · 37 votes
International Affairs65.2% · 23 votes
Labor and Employment85% · 20 votes
Taxation85% · 20 votes
Agriculture and Food68.4% · 19 votes
Transportation and Public Works73.7% · 19 votes
Armed Forces and National Security88.2% · 17 votes
Commerce92.3% · 13 votes
District of Columbia91.7% · 12 votes
Law100% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 8 votes
Health— · 8 votes
Mines and mineral resources— · 8 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Education— · 7 votes
Finance and Financial Sector— · 7 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 7 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6 votes
Environmental Protection— · 6 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 4 votes
Public works— · 4 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Political participation— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 3 votes
Coins and coinage— · 2 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
International economic relations— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Private Legislation— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Social Welfare— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 1 vote
Constitutional amendments— · 1 vote
Credit— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Industrial relations— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Refugees— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 36 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, Corporations, Dairy industry, Day care, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Fire fighters, Fishes, Government life insurance, Heating, Impeachments, Interest, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Postal service, Prices, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Sports and Recreation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

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

Service record

11 Congresses
84th · 195594th · 1975
Democrat · House · MA84th–94th
Term datesexact
Members · Massachusetts
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Torbert Hart Macdonald

Representative from Massachusetts
HOUSED1955–197711 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
84.1%with Democrats
of 1,643 votes · 15.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested84%of 1,643 · combined
Steepest move+17 pts1959→61, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019551975
1975–76 · 94th · Democrat · of 300 votes89%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 300 contested votes scored in the 94th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance84.4% · 96
Energy87.5% · 72
Congress88.7% · 71
Government Operations and Politics94.6% · 37
International Affairs65.2% · 23
Labor and Employment85% · 20
Taxation85% · 20
Agriculture and Food68.4% · 19
Transportation and Public Works73.7% · 19
Armed Forces and National Security88.2% · 17
Commerce92.3% · 13
District of Columbia91.7% · 12
Law100% · 10
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 8
Health— · 8
Mines and mineral resources— · 8
Depletion allowances— · 7
Education— · 7
Finance and Financial Sector— · 7
Science, Technology, Communications— · 7
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6
Environmental Protection— · 6
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6
Mortgages— · 6
Housing and Community Development— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 4
Public works— · 4
Petroleum industry— · 3
Political participation— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 3
Coins and coinage— · 2
Conferences— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
International economic relations— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Private Legislation— · 2
Real property— · 2
Social Welfare— · 2
Youth— · 2
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 1
Constitutional amendments— · 1
Credit— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Gold— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Industrial relations— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Noise— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 36 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Corporations, Dairy industry, Day care, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Fire fighters, Fishes, Government life insurance, Heating, Impeachments, Interest, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Postal service, Prices, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Sports and Recreation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

84th · 195594th · 1975
Democrat84th–94th

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