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John Gerald Milton

Senator from New Jersey
SENATEDEMOCRAT1937–1939ID M000787
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LegislationHEADLINE
85%with Dems
of 26 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
85%with Dems
of 26 · both combined

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 ↓1937
1937–3875th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
84.6%with Democrats
of 26 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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
Jun 9, 1938S.J.Res. 300No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 3, 1938H.J.Res. 679No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 3, 1938H.J.Res. 679No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 679), 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
May 3, 1938H.R. 9218No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 2, 1938H.R. 9218No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 15, 1938H.R. 8837No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 14, 1938H.R. 8837No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 14, 1938S. 847No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Apr 9, 1938H.R. 9682No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 26 contested votes scored in the 75th 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

1 Congresses
75th · 1937
Democrat · Senate · NJ75th–75th
Term datesexact
Members · New Jersey
JM

John Gerald Milton

Senator from New Jersey
SENATED1937–19391 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
84.6%with Democrats
of 26 votes · 15.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested85%of 26 · combined

Career arc

10050019371937
1937–38 · 75th · Democrat · of 26 votes84.6%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 26 contested votes scored in the 75th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

75th · 193775th · 1937
Democrat75th–75th

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