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Emmett Marshall Owen

Representative from Georgia
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1933–1941ID O000149
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LegislationHEADLINE
88%with Dems
of 328 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
88%with Dems
of 328 · both combined
Steepest move
−19 pts
1935 → 1937
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 ↓19331939
1939–4076th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
85.3%with Democrats
of 34 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1935 → 1937, −19 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
Jun 19, 1939H.R. 6851No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 19, 1939H.R. 6851No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 13, 1939S. 1796No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 1796), 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
Jun 12, 1939H.R. 6577No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 10, 1939H.R. 6635No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 5, 1939S.J.Res. 118No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 5, 1939H.R. 6075No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 1, 1939H.R. 6466No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
May 25, 1939H.R. 6261No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 34 contested votes scored in the 76th 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
73rd · 193376th · 1939
Democrat · House · GA73rd–76th
Term datesexact
Members · Georgia
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Emmett Marshall Owen

Representative from Georgia
HOUSED1933–19414 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
87.8%with Democrats
of 328 votes · 12.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested88%of 328 · combined
Steepest move−19 pts1935→37, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019331939
1939–40 · 76th · Democrat · of 34 votes85.3%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 34 contested votes scored in the 76th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

73rd · 193376th · 1939
Democrat73rd–76th

Party switchers

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