Thomas Ellsworth Morgan

Representative from Pennsylvania

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1945–1977ID M000958

LegislationHEADLINE

89%with Dems

of 2,439 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

89%with Dems

of 2,439 · both combined

Steepest move

−13 pts

1951 → 1953

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 ↓194519511957196319691975

1975–7694th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

86%with Democrats

of 520 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1951 → 1953, −13 pts — while still a Democrat.

Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

9 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with

Oct 1, 1976H.R. 11337No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 1, 1976S. 3131No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 1, 1976H.R. 10210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10210), 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

Open roll call

Oct 1, 1976S. 2278No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 1, 1976S. 2278No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Oct 1, 1976H.Res. 1591No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 1, 1976H.R. 12572No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 30, 1976H.R. 10210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 30, 1976S. 2212No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 520 contested votes scored in the 94th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation

Economics and Public Finance88.7% · 150 votes

Congress87.5% · 96 votes

Energy78.8% · 80 votes

Government Operations and Politics88.3% · 60 votes

International Affairs88.2% · 34 votes

Labor and Employment96.2% · 26 votes

Agriculture and Food79.2% · 24 votes

Armed Forces and National Security52.2% · 23 votes

Taxation90.9% · 22 votes

Transportation and Public Works85.7% · 21 votes

Law93.8% · 16 votes

Commerce93.3% · 15 votes

District of Columbia100% · 15 votes

Mines and mineral resources92.9% · 14 votes

Public Lands and Natural Resources78.6% · 14 votes

Crime and Law Enforcement92.3% · 13 votes

Education83.3% · 12 votes

Health91.7% · 12 votes

Too few contested votes to score

Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes

Environmental Protection— · 9 votes

Lobbying— · 9 votes

Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes

Housing and Community Development— · 8 votes

Science, Technology, Communications— · 8 votes

Depletion allowances— · 7 votes

Arts, Culture, Religion— · 6 votes

Finance and Financial Sector— · 6 votes

Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6 votes

Independent regulatory commissions— · 6 votes

Mortgages— · 6 votes

Commemorations— · 4 votes

Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes

Political participation— · 4 votes

Private Legislation— · 4 votes

Public works— · 4 votes

Social Welfare— · 4 votes

Coins and coinage— · 3 votes

Credit— · 3 votes

International economic relations— · 3 votes

Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes

Revenue sharing— · 3 votes

Conferences— · 2 votes

Constitutional amendments— · 2 votes

Executive reorganization— · 2 votes

Life insurance— · 2 votes

Power resources— · 2 votes

Printing— · 2 votes

Real property— · 2 votes

Youth— · 2 votes

Chemicals— · 1 vote

Congressional oversight— · 1 vote

Day care— · 1 vote

Disabled— · 1 vote

Emergency Management— · 1 vote

Gold— · 1 vote

Government corporations— · 1 vote

Heating— · 1 vote

Immigration— · 1 vote

Industrial relations— · 1 vote

Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote

Lakes— · 1 vote

Livestock— · 1 vote

Monuments and memorials— · 1 vote

Motor vehicles— · 1 vote

Native Americans— · 1 vote

Noise— · 1 vote

Petroleum industry— · 1 vote

Reclamation of land— · 1 vote

Refugees— · 1 vote

Right of privacy— · 1 vote

Right to counsel— · 1 vote

Rivers— · 1 vote

Territories (U.S.)— · 1 vote

Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 40 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Postal service, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

16 Congresses

79th · 194594th · 1975

Democrat · House · PA79th–94th

Term datesexact

Thomas Ellsworth Morgan

Representative from Pennsylvania

HOUSED1945–197716 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

89.4%with Democrats

of 2,439 votes · 10.6% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested89%of 2,439 · combined

Steepest move−13 pts1951→53, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019451975

1975–76 · 94th · Democrat · of 520 votes86%

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Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. 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 · 520 contested votes scored in the 94th

By policy area

career

Economics and Public Finance88.7% · 150

Congress87.5% · 96

Energy78.8% · 80

Government Operations and Politics88.3% · 60

International Affairs88.2% · 34

Labor and Employment96.2% · 26

Agriculture and Food79.2% · 24

Armed Forces and National Security52.2% · 23

Taxation90.9% · 22

Transportation and Public Works85.7% · 21

Law93.8% · 16

Commerce93.3% · 15

District of Columbia100% · 15

Mines and mineral resources92.9% · 14

Public Lands and Natural Resources78.6% · 14

Crime and Law Enforcement92.3% · 13

Education83.3% · 12

Health91.7% · 12

Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9

Environmental Protection— · 9

Lobbying— · 9

Vietnamese Conflict— · 9

Housing and Community Development— · 8

Science, Technology, Communications— · 8

Depletion allowances— · 7

Arts, Culture, Religion— · 6

Finance and Financial Sector— · 6

Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6

Independent regulatory commissions— · 6

Mortgages— · 6

Commemorations— · 4

Congressional-executive relations— · 4

Political participation— · 4

Private Legislation— · 4

Public works— · 4

Social Welfare— · 4

Coins and coinage— · 3

Credit— · 3

International economic relations— · 3

Postal rates and revenues— · 3

Revenue sharing— · 3

Conferences— · 2

Constitutional amendments— · 2

Executive reorganization— · 2

Life insurance— · 2

Power resources— · 2

Printing— · 2

Real property— · 2

Youth— · 2

Chemicals— · 1

Congressional oversight— · 1

Day care— · 1

Disabled— · 1

Emergency Management— · 1

Gold— · 1

Government corporations— · 1

Heating— · 1

Immigration— · 1

Industrial relations— · 1

Intergovernmental relations— · 1

Lakes— · 1

Livestock— · 1

Monuments and memorials— · 1

Motor vehicles— · 1

Native Americans— · 1

Noise— · 1

Petroleum industry— · 1

Reclamation of land— · 1

Refugees— · 1

Right of privacy— · 1

Right to counsel— · 1

Rivers— · 1

Territories (U.S.)— · 1

Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 40 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Postal service, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

79th · 194594th · 1975

Democrat79th–94th

Party switchers

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