John Edward Sheridan

Representative from Pennsylvania

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1939–1947ID S000342

LegislationHEADLINE

87%with Dems

of 184 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

87%with Dems

of 184 · both combined

Steepest move

+7 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 ↓19391945

1945–4679th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

89.5%with Democrats

of 76 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1943 → 1945, +7 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 2, 1946noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 2, 1946H.J.Res. 225No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Aug 1, 1946H.Res. 749No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 749), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.

Where this lands

YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Jul 26, 1946H.R. 6917No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Jul 23, 1946H.J.Res. 371No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Jul 23, 1946H.J.Res. 371No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jul 20, 1946S. 1717No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 16, 1946H.R. 6739No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Jul 13, 1946S.J.Res. 138No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 76 contested votes scored in the 79th 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

76th · 193979th · 1945

Democrat · House · PA76th–79th

Term datesexact

John Edward Sheridan

Representative from Pennsylvania

HOUSED1939–19474 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

87%with Democrats

of 184 votes · 13% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested87%of 184 · combined

Steepest move+7 pts1943→45, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019391945

1945–46 · 79th · Democrat · of 76 votes89.5%

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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 majorityNay

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 76 contested votes scored in the 79th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

76th · 193979th · 1945

Democrat76th–79th

Party switchers

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