JM
James Howard McGrath
Senator from Rhode IslandSENATEDEMOCRAT1947–1951ID M000456
LegislationHEADLINE
94%with Dems
of 237 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
94%with Dems
of 237 · both combined
Steepest move
+5 pts
1947 → 1949
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 ↓1947
1949–5081st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
96.9%with Democrats
of 96 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1947 → 1949, +5 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
Aug 23, 1949H.R. 3838LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 23, 1949H.R. 3838LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 19, 1949H.R. 3838LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 3838), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Aug 18, 1949noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 17, 1949S.Res. 155LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 17, 1949S.Res. 151LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 16, 1949S.Res. 147LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 12, 1949S. 1008LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 9, 1949H.R. 4830LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 96 contested votes scored in the 81st CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
2 Congresses80th · 194781st · 1949
Democrat · Senate · RI80th–81st
Term datesexact