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Joseph Jefferson Mansfield
Representative from TexasHOUSEDEMOCRAT1917–1949ID M000112
LegislationHEADLINE
88%with Dems
of 1,163 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
88%with Dems
of 1,163 · both combined
Steepest move
−15 pts
1917 → 1919
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 ↓191719231929193519411947
1947–4880th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
85.7%with Democrats
of 14 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1917 → 1919, −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 8, 1947H.R. 3950LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 8, 1947H.R. 3950LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 28, 1947H.R. 3601LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 3601), 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
May 21, 1947H.J.Res. 153LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 1, 1947H.R. 3203LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 1, 1947H.R. 3203LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 28, 1947S. 736LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 27, 1947H.R. 1LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 27, 1947H.R. 1LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 14 contested votes scored in the 80th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
16 Congresses65th · 191780th · 1947
Democrat · House · TX65th–80th
Term datesexact