Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer

Representative from New York

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1935–1951ID P000285

LegislationHEADLINE

91%with Dems

of 658 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

91%with Dems

of 658 · both combined

Steepest move

+10 pts

1943 → 1945

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 ↓193519411947

1949–5081st Congress

Sat as a Democrat

90.7%with Democrats

of 97 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1943 → 1945, +10 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

Sep 22, 1950H.R. 9490No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Sep 22, 1950H.R. 8920No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 20, 1950H.R. 9490No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 9490), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored

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Sep 14, 1950H.Res. 842No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Aug 24, 1950H.R. 3775No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Aug 23, 1950H.R. 8850No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Aug 17, 1950H.R. 7570No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Aug 17, 1950H.R. 7570No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Aug 16, 1950H.R. 6000No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 97 contested votes scored in the 81st 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

8 Congresses

74th · 193581st · 1949

Democrat · House · NY74th–81st

Term datesexact

Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer

Representative from New York

HOUSED1935–19518 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

91%with Democrats

of 658 votes · 9% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested91%of 658 · combined

Steepest move+10 pts1943→45, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019351949

1949–50 · 81st · Democrat · of 97 votes90.7%

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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

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Latest 6 shown · 97 contested votes scored in the 81st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

74th · 193581st · 1949

Democrat74th–81st

Party switchers

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