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Gordon Leo McDonough

Representative from California
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1945–1963ID M000414
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LegislationHEADLINE
19%with Dems
of 819 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
19%with Dems
of 819 · both combined
Steepest move
−31 pts
1945 → 1947
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 ↓194519511957
1961–6287th Congress
Sat as a Republican
6.1%with Democrats
of 98 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1945 → 1947, −31 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 6, 1962H.R. 13175No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 2, 1962H.Res. 822No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Sep 20, 1962H.R. 131752No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 131752), 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
Sep 20, 1962H.R. 131751No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Sep 20, 1962H.R. 12391No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Sep 19, 1962H.R. 11151No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 14, 1962H.R. 11974No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 14, 1962S. 2768No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Sep 14, 1962S. 2768No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 98 contested votes scored in the 87th 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

9 Congresses
79th · 194587th · 1961
Republican · House · CA79th–87th
Term datesexact
Members · California
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Gordon Leo McDonough

Representative from California
HOUSER1945–19639 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
18.7%with Democrats
of 819 votes · 81.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested19%of 819 · combined
Steepest move−31 pts1945→47, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019451961
1961–62 · 87th · Republican · of 98 votes6.1%

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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 · 98 contested votes scored in the 87th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

79th · 194587th · 1961
Republican79th–87th

Party switchers

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