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James Aloysius O'Gorman

Senator from New York
SENATEDEMOCRAT1911–1917ID O000050
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LegislationHEADLINE
81%with Dems
of 469 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
81%with Dems
of 469 · both combined
Steepest move
−11 pts
1913 → 1915
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 ↓1911
1915–1664th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
70.4%with Democrats
of 81 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1913 → 1915, −11 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
Mar 2, 1917S. 8322No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1917H.R. 20632No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1917S. 8322No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 8322), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Feb 28, 1917noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1917noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1917noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1917H.R. 20573No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1917H.R. 20573No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1917H.R. 20573No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 81 contested votes scored in the 64th 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
62nd · 191164th · 1915
Democrat · Senate · NY62nd–64th
Term datesexact
Members · New York
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James Aloysius O'Gorman

Senator from New York
SENATED1911–19173 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
81%with Democrats
of 469 votes · 19% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested81%of 469 · combined
Steepest move−11 pts1913→15, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019111915
1915–16 · 64th · Democrat · of 81 votes70.4%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 81 contested votes scored in the 64th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

62nd · 191164th · 1915
Democrat62nd–64th

Party switchers

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