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John William Murphy

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1943–1947ID M001099
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LegislationHEADLINE
95%with Dems
of 141 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
95%with Dems
of 141 · both combined
Steepest move
+2 pts
1943 → 1945
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 ↓1943
1945–4679th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
95.8%with Democrats
of 72 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1943 → 1945, +2 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
Jul 16, 1946H.R. 6739No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 13, 1946S.J.Res. 138No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 13, 1946S.J.Res. 138No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.J.Res. 138), 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
Jul 9, 1946H.R. 5452No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 1, 1946H.J.Res. 371No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 25, 1946H.R. 6042No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 25, 1946H.R. 6042No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 25, 1946H.R. 6084No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 19, 1946H.R. 5356No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 72 contested votes scored in the 79th 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

2 Congresses
78th · 194379th · 1945
Democrat · House · PA78th–79th
Term datesexact
Members · Pennsylvania
JM

John William Murphy

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSED1943–19472 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
95%with Democrats
of 141 votes · 5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested95%of 141 · combined
Steepest move+2 pts1943→45, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019431945
1945–46 · 79th · Democrat · of 72 votes95.8%

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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 · 72 contested votes scored in the 79th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

78th · 194379th · 1945
Democrat78th–79th

Party switchers

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