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John Otho Marsh Jr.

Representative from Virginia
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1963–1971ID M000148
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LegislationHEADLINE
22%with Dems
of 605 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
22%with Dems
of 605 · both combined
Steepest move
−12 pts
1963 → 1965
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 ↓19631969
1969–7091st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
17.3%with Democrats
of 127 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1963 → 1965, −12 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
Dec 31, 1970H.Res. 1421No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 31, 1970H.Res. 1337No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 31, 1970H.R. 13000No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 13000), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Dec 30, 1970S. 4268No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 30, 1970H.R. 18582No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 29, 1970H.R. 19590No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 29, 1970S. 1181No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 29, 1970H.R. 14984No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 22, 1970H.R. 19953No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 127 contested votes scored in the 91st 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
88th · 196391st · 1969
Democrat · House · VA88th–91st
Term datesexact
Members · Virginia
JM

John Otho Marsh Jr.

Representative from Virginia
HOUSED1963–19714 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
22.1%with Democrats
of 605 votes · 77.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested22%of 605 · combined
Steepest move−12 pts1963→65, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019631969
1969–70 · 91st · Democrat · of 127 votes17.3%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 127 contested votes scored in the 91st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

88th · 196391st · 1969
Democrat88th–91st

Party switchers

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