James Churchill Oliver

Representative from Maine

HOUSEREPUBLICAN→DEMOCRAT1937–1961ID O000074

LegislationHEADLINE

38%with Dems

of 385 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

38%with Dems

of 385 · both combined

Steepest move

+59 pts

1941 → 1959

the label changed

Changed parties

86th

R → D · first Congress under it

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 ↓1937194319491955R→D · 86th

1959–6086th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

82%with Democrats

of 89 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1941 → 1959, +59 pts — the Congress the label changed.

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

Aug 31, 1960H.R. 13161No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Aug 26, 1960H.R. 12580No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12580), 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

Open roll call

Aug 24, 1960S.J.Res. 170No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 24, 1960H.Res. 587No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 23, 1960H.Res. 611No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 23, 1960H.Res. 607No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Aug 22, 1960H.R. 9866No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Aug 22, 1960H.R. 5383No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 89 contested votes scored in the 86th 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

4 Congresses

75th · 193786th · 1959

Republican · House · ME75th–77th

Democrat · House · ME86th–86th

Term datesexact

James Churchill Oliver

Representative from Maine

HOUSER→D1937–19614 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

38.2%with Democrats

of 385 votes · 61.8% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested38%of 385 · combined

Steepest move+59 pts1941→59, as a Democrat

Changed parties86thR→D

Career arc

100500R→D19371959

1959–60 · 86th · Democrat · of 89 votes82%

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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 · 89 contested votes scored in the 86th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

75th · 193786th · 1959

Republican75th–77th

Democrat86th–86th

Other party switchers

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