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James Vincent Stanton

Representative from Ohio
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1971–1977ID S000803
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LegislationHEADLINE
82%with Dems
of 972 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
82%with Dems
of 972 · both combined
Steepest move
+18 pts
1973 → 1975
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 ↓1971
1975–7694th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
88.9%with Democrats
of 405 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1973 → 1975, +18 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. 10210No 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
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 1591), 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
Oct 1, 1976H.R. 12572No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 30, 1976H.R. 10210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 30, 1976S. 2212No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 30, 1976H.R. 13367No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Sep 30, 1976H.R. 13367No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Sep 30, 1976H.R. 14232No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 405 contested votes scored in the 94th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance79.9% · 139 votes
Congress77.3% · 88 votes
Energy83.6% · 73 votes
Government Operations and Politics79.2% · 53 votes
International Affairs71% · 31 votes
Agriculture and Food83.3% · 24 votes
Labor and Employment100% · 23 votes
Transportation and Public Works95.7% · 23 votes
Armed Forces and National Security65% · 20 votes
Taxation100% · 20 votes
Commerce68.8% · 16 votes
Law87.5% · 16 votes
District of Columbia76.9% · 13 votes
Mines and mineral resources58.3% · 12 votes
Health63.6% · 11 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Education— · 9 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 8 votes
Environmental Protection— · 8 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 8 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 7 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 5 votes
Finance and Financial Sector— · 5 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 5 votes
Social Welfare— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Public works— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 2 votes
Credit— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
International economic relations— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Private Legislation— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Chemicals— · 1 vote
Coins and coinage— · 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
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Lobbying— · 1 vote
Native Americans— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 47 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, Congressional oversight, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Industrial relations, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Postal service, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Real property, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Refugees, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

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

Service record

3 Congresses
92nd · 197194th · 1975
Democrat · House · OH92nd–94th
Term datesexact
Members · Ohio
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James Vincent Stanton

Representative from Ohio
HOUSED1971–19773 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
81.6%with Democrats
of 972 votes · 18.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested82%of 972 · combined
Steepest move+18 pts1973→75, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019711975
1975–76 · 94th · Democrat · of 405 votes88.9%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 405 contested votes scored in the 94th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance79.9% · 139
Congress77.3% · 88
Energy83.6% · 73
Government Operations and Politics79.2% · 53
International Affairs71% · 31
Agriculture and Food83.3% · 24
Labor and Employment100% · 23
Transportation and Public Works95.7% · 23
Armed Forces and National Security65% · 20
Taxation100% · 20
Commerce68.8% · 16
Law87.5% · 16
District of Columbia76.9% · 13
Mines and mineral resources58.3% · 12
Health63.6% · 11
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Education— · 9
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 8
Environmental Protection— · 8
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8
Vietnamese Conflict— · 8
Depletion allowances— · 7
Housing and Community Development— · 7
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6
Mortgages— · 6
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 5
Finance and Financial Sector— · 5
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 5
Social Welfare— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Public works— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Conferences— · 2
Constitutional amendments— · 2
Credit— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
International economic relations— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Private Legislation— · 2
Youth— · 2
Chemicals— · 1
Coins and coinage— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Emergency Management— · 1
Gold— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Lobbying— · 1
Native Americans— · 1
Noise— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 47 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, Congressional oversight, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Industrial relations, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Postal service, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Real property, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Refugees, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

92nd · 197194th · 1975
Democrat92nd–94th

Party switchers

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