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George Edward Shipley

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1959–1979ID S000367
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LegislationHEADLINE
71%with Dems
of 2,214 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
71%with Dems
of 2,214 · both combined
Steepest move
−13 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 ↓1959196519711977
1977–7895th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
72.4%with Democrats
of 435 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1959 → 1961, −13 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 12, 1978H.R. 12931No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 12, 1978H.R. 12929No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 6, 1978H.R. 11545No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 11545), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Oct 5, 1978H.R. 12928No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 29, 1978H.R. 12934No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 28, 1978H.R. 12005No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 28, 1978H.R. 9241No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Sep 28, 1978H.R. 3816No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 26, 1978S. 2727No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 435 contested votes scored in the 95th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance71.9% · 267 votes
Congress76.5% · 119 votes
Energy31.1% · 106 votes
Government Operations and Politics78.9% · 90 votes
International Affairs35.8% · 81 votes
Labor and Employment84.6% · 39 votes
Armed Forces and National Security55.6% · 36 votes
Transportation and Public Works71.4% · 28 votes
Law51.9% · 27 votes
Taxation63% · 27 votes
Environmental Protection59.1% · 22 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources72.7% · 22 votes
Agriculture and Food66.7% · 21 votes
Commerce64.7% · 17 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance76.5% · 17 votes
Education75% · 16 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement60% · 15 votes
District of Columbia86.7% · 15 votes
Mines and mineral resources78.6% · 14 votes
Industrial relations100% · 13 votes
Social Welfare92.3% · 13 votes
Health91.7% · 12 votes
Housing and Community Development90% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9 votes
Lobbying— · 9 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 7 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Finance and Financial Sector— · 7 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 7 votes
Black lung— · 6 votes
Public works— · 6 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 6 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 4 votes
Income tax— · 4 votes
Municipal finance— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Embargo— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Coins and coinage— · 2 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Contested elections— · 2 votes
Credit— · 2 votes
Cultural centers— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Government securities— · 2 votes
Home repair and improvement— · 2 votes
Indian claims— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Mortgages— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Private Legislation— · 2 votes
Water Resources Development— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Animals— · 1 vote
Aquaculture— · 1 vote
Barber and beauty shops— · 1 vote
Chemicals— · 1 vote
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 1 vote
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Domestic relations— · 1 vote
Droughts— · 1 vote
Earthquakes— · 1 vote
Electronic surveillance— · 1 vote
Emergency Management— · 1 vote
Financial disclosure— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Impeachments— · 1 vote
Import restrictions— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Monuments and memorials— · 1 vote
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Museums— · 1 vote
Native Americans— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Political representation— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Printing— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Refugees— · 1 vote
Rehabilitation— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote
Territories (U.S.)— · 1 vote

They also voted in 70 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, American Revolution Bicentennial, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Real property, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Rural conditions, Salaries, Solar energy, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

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

Service record

10 Congresses
86th · 195995th · 1977
Democrat · House · IL86th–95th
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
GS

George Edward Shipley

Representative from Illinois
HOUSED1959–197910 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
70.5%with Democrats
of 2,214 votes · 29.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested71%of 2,214 · combined
Steepest move−13 pts1959→61, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019591977
1977–78 · 95th · Democrat · of 435 votes72.4%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 435 contested votes scored in the 95th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance71.9% · 267
Congress76.5% · 119
Energy31.1% · 106
Government Operations and Politics78.9% · 90
International Affairs35.8% · 81
Labor and Employment84.6% · 39
Armed Forces and National Security55.6% · 36
Transportation and Public Works71.4% · 28
Law51.9% · 27
Taxation63% · 27
Environmental Protection59.1% · 22
Public Lands and Natural Resources72.7% · 22
Agriculture and Food66.7% · 21
Commerce64.7% · 17
Foreign Trade and International Finance76.5% · 17
Education75% · 16
Crime and Law Enforcement60% · 15
District of Columbia86.7% · 15
Mines and mineral resources78.6% · 14
Industrial relations100% · 13
Social Welfare92.3% · 13
Health91.7% · 12
Housing and Community Development90% · 10
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9
Lobbying— · 9
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 7
Depletion allowances— · 7
Finance and Financial Sector— · 7
Science, Technology, Communications— · 7
Black lung— · 6
Public works— · 6
Vietnamese Conflict— · 6
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Constitutional amendments— · 4
Income tax— · 4
Municipal finance— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Embargo— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Coins and coinage— · 2
Conferences— · 2
Contested elections— · 2
Credit— · 2
Cultural centers— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Government securities— · 2
Home repair and improvement— · 2
Indian claims— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Mortgages— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Private Legislation— · 2
Water Resources Development— · 2
Youth— · 2
Animals— · 1
Aquaculture— · 1
Barber and beauty shops— · 1
Chemicals— · 1
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Domestic relations— · 1
Droughts— · 1
Earthquakes— · 1
Electronic surveillance— · 1
Emergency Management— · 1
Financial disclosure— · 1
Gold— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Impeachments— · 1
Import restrictions— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Monuments and memorials— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Museums— · 1
Native Americans— · 1
Noise— · 1
Political representation— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Printing— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Rehabilitation— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1
Territories (U.S.)— · 1

Also voted in 70 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, American Revolution Bicentennial, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Real property, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Rural conditions, Salaries, Solar energy, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

86th · 195995th · 1977
Democrat86th–95th

Party switchers

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