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John Francis Shelley
Representative from CaliforniaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1949–1965ID S000327
LegislationHEADLINE
93%with Dems
of 578 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
93%with Dems
of 578 · both combined
Steepest move
−12 pts
1951 → 1953
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 ↓194919551961
1963–6488th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
100%with Democrats
of 38 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1951 → 1953, −12 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
Dec 24, 1963H.R. 9499LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 23, 1963H.R. 9499LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 21, 1963H.R. 9499LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 9499), 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
Nov 7, 1963H.R. 8969LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Nov 7, 1963H.R. 8969LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Nov 7, 1963H.Res. 564LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 31, 1963H.R. 8195LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 28, 1963H.Res. 314LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 10, 1963H.R. 8747LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 38 contested votes scored in the 88th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
8 Congresses81st · 194988th · 1963
Democrat · House · CA81st–88th
Term datesexact