Joseph A. McArdle

Representative from Pennsylvania

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1939–1943ID M000297

LegislationHEADLINE

75%with Dems

of 118 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

75%with Dems

of 118 · both combined

Steepest move

−42 pts

1939 → 1941

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 ↓1939

1941–4277th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

38.5%with Democrats

of 13 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1939 → 1941, −42 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 15, 1941H.R. 6109No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Nov 13, 1941H.J.Res. 237No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Oct 17, 1941H.J.Res. 237No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 237), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

NAYSided with the Republican majority

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Oct 17, 1941H.J.Res. 237No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Oct 10, 1941H.R. 5788No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Aug 12, 1941H.J.Res. 222No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Aug 12, 1941H.J.Res. 222No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Aug 4, 1941H.R. 5417No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 4, 1941H.R. 5417No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 13 contested votes scored in the 77th 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

2 Congresses

76th · 193977th · 1941

Democrat · House · PA76th–77th

Term datesexact

Joseph A. McArdle

Representative from Pennsylvania

HOUSED1939–19432 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

75.4%with Democrats

of 118 votes · 24.6% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested75%of 118 · combined

Steepest move−42 pts1939→41, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019391941

1941–42 · 77th · Democrat · of 13 votes38.5%

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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

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Latest 6 shown · 13 contested votes scored in the 77th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

76th · 193977th · 1941

Democrat76th–77th

Party switchers

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