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George Donoghue O'Brien

Representative from Michigan
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1937–1955ID O000009
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LegislationHEADLINE
86%with Dems
of 601 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
86%with Dems
of 601 · both combined
Steepest move
−18 pts
1937 → 1941
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 ↓193719431949
1953–5483rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
83.3%with Democrats
of 54 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1937 → 1941, −18 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 30, 1954H.R. 9666No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 28, 1954H.R. 8300No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 28, 1954H.R. 8300No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 8300), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Jul 26, 1954H.R. 9757No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 26, 1954H.R. 9757No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 23, 1954H.R. 9757No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 23, 1954H.Res. 664No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 21, 1954H.R. 9245No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 21, 1954H.R. 9020No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 54 contested votes scored in the 83rd 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

7 Congresses
75th · 193783rd · 1953
Democrat · House · MI75th–83rd
Term datesexact
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George Donoghue O'Brien

Representative from Michigan
HOUSED1937–19557 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
85.9%with Democrats
of 601 votes · 14.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested86%of 601 · combined
Steepest move−18 pts1937→41, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019371953
1953–54 · 83rd · Democrat · of 54 votes83.3%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 54 contested votes scored in the 83rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

75th · 193783rd · 1953
Democrat75th–83rd

Party switchers

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