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Barratt O'Hara

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1949–1969ID O000053
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LegislationHEADLINE
93%with Dems
of 1,017 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
93%with Dems
of 1,017 · both combined
Steepest move
−8 pts
1955 → 1957
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 ↓1949195519611967
1967–6890th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
95.3%with Democrats
of 148 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1955 → 1957, −8 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
Oct 10, 1968H.R. 19908No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 10, 1968H.R. 17735No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 9, 1968S.J.Res. 175No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.J.Res. 175), 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
Oct 9, 1968H.Res. 1315No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 9, 1968H.Res. 1315No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 7, 1968H.R. 19910No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 3, 1968H.R. 18037No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 3, 1968H.R. 18037No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 3, 1968H.R. 18037No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 148 contested votes scored in the 90th 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

9 Congresses
81st · 194990th · 1967
Democrat · House · IL81st–90th
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
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Barratt O'Hara

Representative from Illinois
HOUSED1949–19699 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
93.1%with Democrats
of 1,017 votes · 6.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested93%of 1,017 · combined
Steepest move−8 pts1955→57, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019491967
1967–68 · 90th · Democrat · of 148 votes95.3%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 148 contested votes scored in the 90th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

81st · 194990th · 1967
Democrat81st–90th

Party switchers

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