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James Grant O'Hara

Representative from Michigan
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1959–1977ID O000055
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LegislationHEADLINE
90%with Dems
of 1,793 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
90%with Dems
of 1,793 · both combined
Steepest move
−12 pts
1967 → 1969
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 ↓195919651971
1975–7694th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
86.3%with Democrats
of 444 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1967 → 1969, −12 pts — while still a Democrat.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

9 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Oct 1, 1976H.R. 11337No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 1, 1976S. 3131No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 1, 1976H.R. 10210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10210), 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 1, 1976S. 2278No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 1, 1976H.R. 12572No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 30, 1976S. 2212No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 30, 1976H.R. 13367No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Sep 30, 1976H.R. 13367No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Sep 30, 1976H.R. 14232No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 444 contested votes scored in the 94th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance90.1% · 141 votes
Congress94.3% · 87 votes
Energy85.3% · 75 votes
Government Operations and Politics85.5% · 55 votes
Agriculture and Food80% · 25 votes
Armed Forces and National Security80% · 25 votes
International Affairs92% · 25 votes
Transportation and Public Works76% · 25 votes
Labor and Employment100% · 24 votes
Taxation68.2% · 22 votes
Commerce93.3% · 15 votes
District of Columbia85.7% · 14 votes
Law92.9% · 14 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement84.6% · 13 votes
Mines and mineral resources92.3% · 13 votes
Education72.7% · 11 votes
Health80% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Environmental Protection— · 9 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 9 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Finance and Financial Sector— · 7 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6 votes
Lobbying— · 5 votes
Mortgages— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 4 votes
Public works— · 4 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 3 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Social Welfare— · 3 votes
Coins and coinage— · 2 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
International economic relations— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Private Legislation— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Chemicals— · 1 vote
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Emergency Management— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Industrial relations— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Refugees— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote
Territories (U.S.)— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 42 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Congressional oversight, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Native Americans, Postal service, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

9 Congresses
86th · 195994th · 1975
Democrat · House · MI86th–94th
Term datesexact
Members · Michigan
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James Grant O'Hara

Representative from Michigan
HOUSED1959–19779 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
89.8%with Democrats
of 1,793 votes · 10.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested90%of 1,793 · combined
Steepest move−12 pts1967→69, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019591975
1975–76 · 94th · Democrat · of 444 votes86.3%

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Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. 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 · 444 contested votes scored in the 94th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance90.1% · 141
Congress94.3% · 87
Energy85.3% · 75
Government Operations and Politics85.5% · 55
Agriculture and Food80% · 25
Armed Forces and National Security80% · 25
International Affairs92% · 25
Transportation and Public Works76% · 25
Labor and Employment100% · 24
Taxation68.2% · 22
Commerce93.3% · 15
District of Columbia85.7% · 14
Law92.9% · 14
Crime and Law Enforcement84.6% · 13
Mines and mineral resources92.3% · 13
Education72.7% · 11
Health80% · 10
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Environmental Protection— · 9
Housing and Community Development— · 9
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8
Depletion allowances— · 7
Finance and Financial Sector— · 7
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6
Lobbying— · 5
Mortgages— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 4
Public works— · 4
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 3
Credit— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Social Welfare— · 3
Coins and coinage— · 2
Conferences— · 2
Constitutional amendments— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
International economic relations— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Private Legislation— · 2
Real property— · 2
Youth— · 2
Chemicals— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Emergency Management— · 1
Gold— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Industrial relations— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Noise— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1
Territories (U.S.)— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 42 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Congressional oversight, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Native Americans, Postal service, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

86th · 195994th · 1975
Democrat86th–94th

Party switchers

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