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Joseph John O'Brien

Representative from New York
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1939–1945ID O000014
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LegislationHEADLINE
12%with Dems
of 275 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
12%with Dems
of 275 · both combined
Steepest move
+10 pts
1939 → 1941
still a Republican

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 ↓1939
1943–4478th Congress
Sat as a Republican
15.2%with Democrats
of 66 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1939 → 1941, +10 pts — within one party label.
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
Dec 16, 1944H.R. 5587No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 14, 1944H.R. 3429No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 11, 1944H.R. 2241No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 2241), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Dec 7, 1944H.R. 5590No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 7, 1944H.Res. 672No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 5, 1944H.R. 5564No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 23, 1944H.Res. 593No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 22, 1944H.Res. 422No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 22, 1944H.Res. 422No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 66 contested votes scored in the 78th 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

3 Congresses
76th · 193978th · 1943
Republican · House · NY76th–78th
Term datesexact
Members · New York
JO

Joseph John O'Brien

Representative from New York
HOUSER1939–19453 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
11.6%with Democrats
of 275 votes · 88.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested12%of 275 · combined
Steepest move+10 pts1939→41, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019391943
1943–44 · 78th · Republican · of 66 votes15.2%

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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 · 66 contested votes scored in the 78th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

76th · 193978th · 1943
Republican76th–78th

Party switchers

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