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John Berchmans Sullivan

Representative from Missouri
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1941–1953ID S001056
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LegislationHEADLINE
94%with Dems
of 315 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
94%with Dems
of 315 · both combined
Steepest move
+8 pts
1941 → 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 ↓19411947
1951–5282nd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
100%with Democrats
of 3 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1941 → 1945, +8 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
Jan 24, 1951H.R. 1No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 23, 1951H.R. 1724No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 17, 1951H.R. 1001No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 1001), 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
Jan 3, 1951H.Res. 7No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 3, 1951H.Res. 7No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 3, 1951noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
6 most recent roll calls shown · 3 contested votes scored in the 82nd 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
77th · 194182nd · 1951
Democrat · House · MO77th–82nd
Term datesexact
Members · Missouri
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John Berchmans Sullivan

Representative from Missouri
HOUSED1941–19534 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
94.3%with Democrats
of 315 votes · 5.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested94%of 315 · combined
Steepest move+8 pts1941→45, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019411951
1951–52 · 82nd · Democrat · of 3 votes100%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 3 contested votes scored in the 82nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

77th · 194182nd · 1951
Democrat77th–82nd

Party switchers

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