John Edward Roush

Representative from Indiana

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1959–1977ID R000467

LegislationHEADLINE

77%with Dems

of 1,751 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

77%with Dems

of 1,751 · both combined

Steepest move

−9 pts

1959 → 1961

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 ↓195919651971

1975–7694th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

70.6%with Democrats

of 531 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1959 → 1961, −9 pts — while still a Democrat.

Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

9 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with

Oct 1, 1976H.R. 11337No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Oct 1, 1976S. 3131No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 1, 1976H.R. 10210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10210), 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

Oct 1, 1976S. 2278No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 1, 1976S. 2278No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Oct 1, 1976H.Res. 1591No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 1, 1976H.R. 12572No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 30, 1976S. 3521No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Sep 30, 1976H.R. 10210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 531 contested votes scored in the 94th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation

Economics and Public Finance66.5% · 164 votes

Congress73.5% · 98 votes

Energy84.1% · 88 votes

Government Operations and Politics70.3% · 64 votes

International Affairs38.9% · 36 votes

Armed Forces and National Security82.1% · 28 votes

Agriculture and Food70.4% · 27 votes

Labor and Employment88.5% · 26 votes

Transportation and Public Works76% · 25 votes

Taxation72.7% · 22 votes

Law88.9% · 18 votes

Commerce81.3% · 16 votes

District of Columbia100% · 15 votes

Mines and mineral resources71.4% · 14 votes

Crime and Law Enforcement46.2% · 13 votes

Public Lands and Natural Resources92.3% · 13 votes

Education66.7% · 12 votes

Health75% · 12 votes

Environmental Protection80% · 10 votes

Housing and Community Development100% · 10 votes

Too few contested votes to score

Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes

Lobbying— · 9 votes

Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes

Finance and Financial Sector— · 8 votes

Science, Technology, Communications— · 8 votes

Depletion allowances— · 7 votes

Arts, Culture, Religion— · 6 votes

Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6 votes

Independent regulatory commissions— · 6 votes

Social Welfare— · 5 votes

Commemorations— · 4 votes

Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes

Political participation— · 4 votes

Private Legislation— · 4 votes

Credit— · 3 votes

International economic relations— · 3 votes

Petroleum industry— · 3 votes

Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes

Public works— · 3 votes

Revenue sharing— · 3 votes

Conferences— · 2 votes

Constitutional amendments— · 2 votes

Executive reorganization— · 2 votes

Life insurance— · 2 votes

Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes

Mortgages— · 2 votes

Power resources— · 2 votes

Printing— · 2 votes

Real property— · 2 votes

Youth— · 2 votes

Chemicals— · 1 vote

Coins and coinage— · 1 vote

Congressional oversight— · 1 vote

Day care— · 1 vote

Disabled— · 1 vote

Emergency Management— · 1 vote

Gold— · 1 vote

Government corporations— · 1 vote

Heating— · 1 vote

Immigration— · 1 vote

Industrial relations— · 1 vote

Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote

Lakes— · 1 vote

Livestock— · 1 vote

Motor vehicles— · 1 vote

Native Americans— · 1 vote

Noise— · 1 vote

Postal service— · 1 vote

Reclamation of land— · 1 vote

Refugees— · 1 vote

Right of privacy— · 1 vote

Right to counsel— · 1 vote

Rivers— · 1 vote

Territories (U.S.)— · 1 vote

Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 39 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

8 Congresses

86th · 195994th · 1975

Democrat · House · IN86th–94th

Term datesexact

John Edward Roush

Representative from Indiana

HOUSED1959–19778 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

76.6%with Democrats

of 1,751 votes · 23.4% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested77%of 1,751 · combined

Steepest move−9 pts1959→61, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019591975

1975–76 · 94th · Democrat · of 531 votes70.6%

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Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. 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 · 531 contested votes scored in the 94th

By policy area

career

Economics and Public Finance66.5% · 164

Congress73.5% · 98

Energy84.1% · 88

Government Operations and Politics70.3% · 64

International Affairs38.9% · 36

Armed Forces and National Security82.1% · 28

Agriculture and Food70.4% · 27

Labor and Employment88.5% · 26

Transportation and Public Works76% · 25

Taxation72.7% · 22

Law88.9% · 18

Commerce81.3% · 16

District of Columbia100% · 15

Mines and mineral resources71.4% · 14

Crime and Law Enforcement46.2% · 13

Public Lands and Natural Resources92.3% · 13

Education66.7% · 12

Health75% · 12

Environmental Protection80% · 10

Housing and Community Development100% · 10

Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9

Lobbying— · 9

Vietnamese Conflict— · 9

Finance and Financial Sector— · 8

Science, Technology, Communications— · 8

Depletion allowances— · 7

Arts, Culture, Religion— · 6

Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6

Independent regulatory commissions— · 6

Social Welfare— · 5

Commemorations— · 4

Congressional-executive relations— · 4

Political participation— · 4

Private Legislation— · 4

Credit— · 3

International economic relations— · 3

Petroleum industry— · 3

Postal rates and revenues— · 3

Public works— · 3

Revenue sharing— · 3

Conferences— · 2

Constitutional amendments— · 2

Executive reorganization— · 2

Life insurance— · 2

Monuments and memorials— · 2

Mortgages— · 2

Power resources— · 2

Printing— · 2

Real property— · 2

Youth— · 2

Chemicals— · 1

Coins and coinage— · 1

Congressional oversight— · 1

Day care— · 1

Disabled— · 1

Emergency Management— · 1

Gold— · 1

Government corporations— · 1

Heating— · 1

Immigration— · 1

Industrial relations— · 1

Intergovernmental relations— · 1

Lakes— · 1

Livestock— · 1

Motor vehicles— · 1

Native Americans— · 1

Noise— · 1

Postal service— · 1

Reclamation of land— · 1

Refugees— · 1

Right of privacy— · 1

Right to counsel— · 1

Rivers— · 1

Territories (U.S.)— · 1

Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 39 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

86th · 195994th · 1975

Democrat86th–94th

Party switchers

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