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Morgan Francis Murphy

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1971–1981ID M001101
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LegislationHEADLINE
86%with Dems
of 1,988 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
86%with Dems
of 1,988 · both combined
Steepest move
+12 pts
1977 → 1979
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 ↓19711977
1979–8096th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
91.3%with Democrats
of 378 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1977 → 1979, +12 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
Dec 10, 1980H.Res. 826No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 3, 1980H.R. 7020No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 3, 1980H.R. 8378No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 8378), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Dec 3, 1980H.Res. 822No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 3, 1980H.Res. 821No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 3, 1980H.J.Res. 637No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 3, 1980H.R. 7765No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 2, 1980H.R. 6417No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 2, 1980H.R. 6417No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 378 contested votes scored in the 96th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance82.6% · 386 votes
Congress90.6% · 213 votes
International Affairs85.7% · 147 votes
Energy82.3% · 130 votes
Government Operations and Politics84.9% · 126 votes
Transportation and Public Works92% · 50 votes
Education76.7% · 43 votes
Labor and Employment95.2% · 42 votes
Agriculture and Food92.5% · 40 votes
Taxation77.5% · 40 votes
Armed Forces and National Security81.1% · 37 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance83.9% · 31 votes
Law83.3% · 30 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources75.9% · 29 votes
Commerce96.2% · 26 votes
Environmental Protection80.8% · 26 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement90% · 20 votes
Housing and Community Development100% · 20 votes
Health100% · 19 votes
Finance and Financial Sector88.2% · 17 votes
District of Columbia100% · 14 votes
Industrial relations100% · 14 votes
Mines and mineral resources85.7% · 14 votes
Social Welfare85.7% · 14 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Lobbying— · 9 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 9 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 7 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Electronic surveillance— · 7 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 7 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Public works— · 6 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 4 votes
Government securities— · 4 votes
Income tax— · 4 votes
Municipal finance— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Private Legislation— · 4 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 3 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
Embargo— · 3 votes
Financial disclosure— · 3 votes
Home repair and improvement— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Black lung— · 2 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Contested elections— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Indian claims— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Museums— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Water Resources Development— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Animals— · 1 vote
Aquaculture— · 1 vote
Barber and beauty shops— · 1 vote
Chemicals— · 1 vote
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 1 vote
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Cultural centers— · 1 vote
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Domestic relations— · 1 vote
Droughts— · 1 vote
Earthquakes— · 1 vote
Emergency Management— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Impeachments— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Native Americans— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Political representation— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Refugees— · 1 vote
Rehabilitation— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote
Territories (U.S.)— · 1 vote

They also voted in 72 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, American Revolution Bicentennial, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Import restrictions, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Right of privacy, Rural conditions, Salaries, Social Sciences and History, Solar energy, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

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

Service record

5 Congresses
92nd · 197196th · 1979
Democrat · House · IL92nd–96th
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
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Morgan Francis Murphy

Representative from Illinois
HOUSED1971–19815 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
85.6%with Democrats
of 1,988 votes · 14.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested86%of 1,988 · combined
Steepest move+12 pts1977→79, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019711979
1979–80 · 96th · Democrat · of 378 votes91.3%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 378 contested votes scored in the 96th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance82.6% · 386
Congress90.6% · 213
International Affairs85.7% · 147
Energy82.3% · 130
Government Operations and Politics84.9% · 126
Transportation and Public Works92% · 50
Education76.7% · 43
Labor and Employment95.2% · 42
Agriculture and Food92.5% · 40
Taxation77.5% · 40
Armed Forces and National Security81.1% · 37
Foreign Trade and International Finance83.9% · 31
Law83.3% · 30
Public Lands and Natural Resources75.9% · 29
Commerce96.2% · 26
Environmental Protection80.8% · 26
Crime and Law Enforcement90% · 20
Housing and Community Development100% · 20
Health100% · 19
Finance and Financial Sector88.2% · 17
District of Columbia100% · 14
Industrial relations100% · 14
Mines and mineral resources85.7% · 14
Social Welfare85.7% · 14
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Lobbying— · 9
Science, Technology, Communications— · 9
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 7
Depletion allowances— · 7
Electronic surveillance— · 7
Independent regulatory commissions— · 7
Mortgages— · 6
Public works— · 6
Commemorations— · 4
Constitutional amendments— · 4
Government securities— · 4
Income tax— · 4
Municipal finance— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Private Legislation— · 4
Coins and coinage— · 3
Congressional-executive relations— · 3
Credit— · 3
Embargo— · 3
Financial disclosure— · 3
Home repair and improvement— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Black lung— · 2
Conferences— · 2
Contested elections— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Indian claims— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Museums— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Real property— · 2
Water Resources Development— · 2
Youth— · 2
Animals— · 1
Aquaculture— · 1
Barber and beauty shops— · 1
Chemicals— · 1
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Cultural centers— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Domestic relations— · 1
Droughts— · 1
Earthquakes— · 1
Emergency Management— · 1
Gold— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Impeachments— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Native Americans— · 1
Noise— · 1
Political representation— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Rehabilitation— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1
Territories (U.S.)— · 1

Also voted in 72 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, American Revolution Bicentennial, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Import restrictions, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Right of privacy, Rural conditions, Salaries, Social Sciences and History, Solar energy, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

92nd · 197196th · 1979
Democrat92nd–96th

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40thWesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105thBen Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th
AD320 × 50 · Anchor