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Joseph William Martin Jr.

Representative from Massachusetts
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1925–1967ID M000191
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LegislationHEADLINE
18%with Dems
of 1,635 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
18%with Dems
of 1,635 · both combined
Steepest move
+32 pts
1961 → 1963
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 ↓1925193119371943194919551961
1965–6689th Congress
Sat as a Republican
46.2%with Democrats
of 117 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1961 → 1963, +32 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 7, 1966H.R. 17788No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 4, 1966H.R. 18119No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Sep 20, 1966H.R. 17788No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 17788), 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
Sep 7, 1966H.R. 1371No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 1, 1966H.R. 1509No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Sep 1, 1966H.R. 1575No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 31, 1966S. 3052No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 31, 1966S. 3005No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 31, 1966S. 3155No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 117 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

21 Congresses
69th · 192589th · 1965
Republican · House · MA69th–89th
Term datesexact
Members · Massachusetts
JM

Joseph William Martin Jr.

Representative from Massachusetts
HOUSER1925–196721 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
17.6%with Democrats
of 1,635 votes · 82.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested18%of 1,635 · combined
Steepest move+32 pts1961→63, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019251965
1965–66 · 89th · Republican · of 117 votes46.2%

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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 · 117 contested votes scored in the 89th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

69th · 192589th · 1965
Republican69th–89th

Party switchers

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