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John Leonard Pilcher

Representative from Georgia
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1953–1965ID P000349
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LegislationHEADLINE
73%with Dems
of 459 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
73%with Dems
of 459 · both combined
Steepest move
−22 pts
1953 → 1955
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 ↓19531959
1963–6488th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
75%with Democrats
of 72 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1953 → 1955, −22 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
Aug 19, 1964H.R. 11926No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Aug 19, 1964H.Res. 845No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Aug 18, 1964H.R. 8000No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 8000), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Aug 18, 1964H.R. 1839No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 14, 1964H.Res. 663No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 13, 1964H.R. 12175No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 13, 1964H.R. 12175No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 13, 1964H.R. 11296No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 12, 1964S. 1627No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 72 contested votes scored in the 88th 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

6 Congresses
83rd · 195388th · 1963
Democrat · House · GA83rd–88th
Term datesexact
Members · Georgia
JP

John Leonard Pilcher

Representative from Georgia
HOUSED1953–19656 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
73%with Democrats
of 459 votes · 27% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested73%of 459 · combined
Steepest move−22 pts1953→55, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019531963
1963–64 · 88th · Democrat · of 72 votes75%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 72 contested votes scored in the 88th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

83rd · 195388th · 1963
Democrat83rd–88th

Party switchers

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