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Richard Dean McCarthy

Representative from New York
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1965–1971ID M000318
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LegislationHEADLINE
86%with Dems
of 426 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
86%with Dems
of 426 · both combined
Steepest move
+8 pts
1965 → 1967
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 ↓1965
1969–7091st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
89%with Democrats
of 100 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1965 → 1967, +8 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 recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 31, 1970H.Res. 1337No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 31, 1970H.R. 13000No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · 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
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Dec 30, 1970S. 4268No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 30, 1970H.R. 18582No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 29, 1970S. 1181No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 21, 1970H.R. 14233No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1970S. 578No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 19, 1970H.R. 19436No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 100 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

3 Congresses
89th · 196591st · 1969
Democrat · House · NY89th–91st
Term datesexact
Members · New York
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Richard Dean McCarthy

Representative from New York
HOUSED1965–19713 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
85.9%with Democrats
of 426 votes · 14.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested86%of 426 · combined
Steepest move+8 pts1965→67, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019651969
1969–70 · 91st · Democrat · of 100 votes89%

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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 · 100 contested votes scored in the 91st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

89th · 196591st · 1969
Democrat89th–91st

Party switchers

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