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Thomas Joseph O'Brien
Representative from IllinoisHOUSEDEMOCRAT1933–1965ID O000016
LegislationHEADLINE
87%with Dems
of 1,236 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
87%with Dems
of 1,236 · both combined
Steepest move
+12 pts
1949 → 1951
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 ↓193319391945195119571963
1963–6488th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
100%with Democrats
of 36 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1949 → 1951, +12 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
Apr 10, 1964H.R. 10723LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Apr 8, 1964H.R. 6196LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 12, 1964H.R. 8986LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 8986), 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
Feb 10, 1964H.R. 7152LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 28, 1964H.R. 6041LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 24, 1963H.R. 9499LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 23, 1963H.R. 9499LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 21, 1963H.R. 9499LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 16, 1963H.R. 9499LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 36 contested votes scored in the 88th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
14 Congresses73rd · 193388th · 1963
Democrat · House · IL73rd–88th
Term datesexact