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David Joseph O'Connell

Representative from New York
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1919–1931ID O000022
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LegislationHEADLINE
73%with Dems
of 316 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
73%with Dems
of 316 · both combined
Steepest move
−20 pts
1923 → 1925
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 ↓19191925
1929–3071st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
71.1%with Democrats
of 45 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1923 → 1925, −20 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
Feb 16, 1931H.R. 17054No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 14, 1931H.R. 11015No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 13, 1931H.R. 16969No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 16969), 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 11, 1931S. 4142No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 30, 1931H.R. 14675No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 29, 1931H.R. 11No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 13, 1931H.J.Res. 447No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 13, 1931H.Res. 334No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 13, 1931H.Res. 334No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 45 contested votes scored in the 71st 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

5 Congresses
66th · 191971st · 1929
Democrat · House · NY66th–71st
Term datesexact
Members · New York
DO

David Joseph O'Connell

Representative from New York
HOUSED1919–19315 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
73.1%with Democrats
of 316 votes · 26.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested73%of 316 · combined
Steepest move−20 pts1923→25, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019191929
1929–30 · 71st · Democrat · of 45 votes71.1%

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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 · 45 contested votes scored in the 71st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

66th · 191971st · 1929
Democrat66th–71st

Party switchers

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