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James Henry O'Brien

Representative from New York
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1913–1915ID O000012
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LegislationHEADLINE
83%with Dems
of 66 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
83%with Dems
of 66 · 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 ↓1913
1913–1463rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
83.3%with Democrats
of 66 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
Feb 26, 1915H.R. 19909No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 4, 1915H.R. 6060No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jan 22, 1915H.R. 20347No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 20347), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
Jan 20, 1915S. 2337No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 19, 1915H.R. 20189No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 4, 1915H.R. 17971No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 4, 1915H.R. 18851No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 22, 1914H.J.Res. 168No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 22, 1914H.J.Res. 168No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 66 contested votes scored in the 63rd 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
63rd · 1913
Democrat · House · NY63rd–63rd
Term datesexact
Members · New York
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James Henry O'Brien

Representative from New York
HOUSED1913–19151 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
83.3%with Democrats
of 66 votes · 16.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested83%of 66 · combined

Career arc

10050019131913
1913–14 · 63rd · Democrat · of 66 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 majorityNay
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 66 contested votes scored in the 63rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

63rd · 191363rd · 1913
Democrat63rd–63rd

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