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John McSweeney

Representative from Ohio
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1923–1951ID M000606
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LegislationHEADLINE
78%with Dems
of 371 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
78%with Dems
of 371 · both combined
Steepest move
+16 pts
1925 → 1927
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 ↓19231929193519411947
1949–5081st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
87.6%with Democrats
of 121 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1925 → 1927, +16 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
Jan 2, 1951H.R. 5244No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 1, 1951S. 3295No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 1, 1951S. 3295No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3295), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
Jan 1, 1951S. 3295No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1950H.R. 9798No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1950H.R. 9798No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 13, 1950H.R. 9853No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 7, 1950H.R. 9763No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 7, 1950H.R. 9763No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 121 contested votes scored in the 81st 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

5 Congresses
68th · 192381st · 1949
Democrat · House · OH68th–81st
Term datesexact
Members · Ohio
JM

John McSweeney

Representative from Ohio
HOUSED1923–19515 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
78.2%with Democrats
of 371 votes · 21.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested78%of 371 · combined
Steepest move+16 pts1925→27, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019231949
1949–50 · 81st · Democrat · of 121 votes87.6%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 121 contested votes scored in the 81st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

68th · 192381st · 1949
Democrat68th–81st

Party switchers

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