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Ray John Madden

Representative from Indiana
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1943–1977ID M000039
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LegislationHEADLINE
93%with Dems
of 2,527 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
93%with Dems
of 2,527 · both combined
Steepest move
−11 pts
1967 → 1969
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 ↓194319491955196119671973
1975–7694th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
94.2%with Democrats
of 485 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1967 → 1969, −11 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
Oct 1, 1976H.R. 11337No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 1, 1976S. 3131No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 1, 1976H.R. 10210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10210), 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 1, 1976S. 2278No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 1, 1976S. 2278No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 1, 1976H.Res. 1591No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 1, 1976H.R. 12572No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 30, 1976S. 3521No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Sep 30, 1976H.R. 10210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 485 contested votes scored in the 94th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance92.5% · 146 votes
Congress94.6% · 93 votes
Energy92.9% · 85 votes
Government Operations and Politics87.3% · 63 votes
International Affairs94.3% · 35 votes
Transportation and Public Works92.9% · 28 votes
Agriculture and Food92.3% · 26 votes
Labor and Employment100% · 26 votes
Armed Forces and National Security88% · 25 votes
Taxation95.2% · 21 votes
Law100% · 18 votes
Commerce93.8% · 16 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement75% · 12 votes
District of Columbia100% · 12 votes
Education100% · 12 votes
Mines and mineral resources100% · 12 votes
Health100% · 11 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources90.9% · 11 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Environmental Protection— · 8 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 8 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 8 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 7 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 7 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 6 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Finance and Financial Sector— · 5 votes
Social Welfare— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Private Legislation— · 4 votes
Public works— · 4 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 3 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Petroleum industry— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Chemicals— · 1 vote
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Emergency Management— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Industrial relations— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Lobbying— · 1 vote
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Native Americans— · 1 vote
Political participation— · 1 vote
Postal rates and revenues— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Refugees— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Territories (U.S.)— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 41 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, Clergy, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Noise, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

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

Service record

17 Congresses
78th · 194394th · 1975
Democrat · House · IN78th–94th
Term datesexact
Members · Indiana
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Ray John Madden

Representative from Indiana
HOUSED1943–197717 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
92.8%with Democrats
of 2,527 votes · 7.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested93%of 2,527 · combined
Steepest move−11 pts1967→69, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019431975
1975–76 · 94th · Democrat · of 485 votes94.2%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 485 contested votes scored in the 94th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance92.5% · 146
Congress94.6% · 93
Energy92.9% · 85
Government Operations and Politics87.3% · 63
International Affairs94.3% · 35
Transportation and Public Works92.9% · 28
Agriculture and Food92.3% · 26
Labor and Employment100% · 26
Armed Forces and National Security88% · 25
Taxation95.2% · 21
Law100% · 18
Commerce93.8% · 16
Crime and Law Enforcement75% · 12
District of Columbia100% · 12
Education100% · 12
Mines and mineral resources100% · 12
Health100% · 11
Public Lands and Natural Resources90.9% · 11
Environmental Protection— · 8
Housing and Community Development— · 8
Vietnamese Conflict— · 8
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 7
Depletion allowances— · 7
Science, Technology, Communications— · 7
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 6
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6
Mortgages— · 6
Finance and Financial Sector— · 5
Social Welfare— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Private Legislation— · 4
Public works— · 4
Coins and coinage— · 3
Congressional-executive relations— · 3
Credit— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Conferences— · 2
Constitutional amendments— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Petroleum industry— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Real property— · 2
Youth— · 2
Chemicals— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Emergency Management— · 1
Gold— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Industrial relations— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Lobbying— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Native Americans— · 1
Political participation— · 1
Postal rates and revenues— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Territories (U.S.)— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 41 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Noise, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

78th · 194394th · 1975
Democrat78th–94th

Party switchers

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