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John Harvey Tolan

Representative from California
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1935–1947ID T000295
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LegislationHEADLINE
87%with Dems
of 518 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
87%with Dems
of 518 · both combined
Steepest move
+14 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 ↓19351941
1945–4679th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
95.6%with Democrats
of 68 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1943 → 1945, +14 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
May 29, 1946H.Res. 644No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 17, 1946H.Res. 624No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Apr 18, 1946H.R. 6042No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 6042), 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
Apr 18, 1946H.R. 6042No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 17, 1946H.R. 6042No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Apr 17, 1946H.R. 6042No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Apr 17, 1946H.R. 6042No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Apr 17, 1946H.R. 6042No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Apr 17, 1946H.R. 6042No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 68 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

6 Congresses
74th · 193579th · 1945
Democrat · House · CA74th–79th
Term datesexact
Members · California
JT

John Harvey Tolan

Representative from California
HOUSED1935–19476 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
87.3%with Democrats
of 518 votes · 12.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested87%of 518 · combined
Steepest move+14 pts1943→45, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019351945
1945–46 · 79th · Democrat · of 68 votes95.6%

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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 · 68 contested votes scored in the 79th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

74th · 193579th · 1945
Democrat74th–79th

Party switchers

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