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James Aloysius O'Leary

Representative from New York
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1935–1945ID O000065
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LegislationHEADLINE
84%with Dems
of 415 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
84%with Dems
of 415 · both combined
Steepest move
−8 pts
1939 → 1941
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 ↓19351941
1943–4478th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
81.8%with Democrats
of 22 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1939 → 1941, −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
Mar 15, 1944S. 1285No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1944H.R. 3687No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 18, 1944H.R. 3477No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 3477), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Feb 17, 1944H.R. 3477No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 10, 1944H.R. 4133No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 3, 1944S. 1285No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 3, 1944S. 1285No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 1, 1944H.Res. 412No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 26, 1944S. 1543No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 22 contested votes scored in the 78th 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
74th · 193578th · 1943
Democrat · House · NY74th–78th
Term datesexact
Members · New York
JO

James Aloysius O'Leary

Representative from New York
HOUSED1935–19455 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
84.1%with Democrats
of 415 votes · 15.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested84%of 415 · combined
Steepest move−8 pts1939→41, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019351943
1943–44 · 78th · Democrat · of 22 votes81.8%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 22 contested votes scored in the 78th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

74th · 193578th · 1943
Democrat74th–78th

Party switchers

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