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James H. Torrens
Representative from New YorkHOUSEDEMOCRAT1943–1947ID T000315
LegislationHEADLINE
94%with Dems
of 86 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
94%with Dems
of 86 · 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 ↓1943
1945–4679th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
95.7%with Democrats
of 69 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
Jun 29, 1946H.R. 6042LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 28, 1946H.R. 6885LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 11, 1946H.R. 4908LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 4908), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Jun 11, 1946H.R. 4051LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 6, 1946H.R. 6407LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 6, 1946H.R. 6407LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 29, 1946H.Res. 644LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 23, 1946H.J.Res. 305LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 17, 1946H.Res. 624LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 69 contested votes scored in the 79th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
2 Congresses78th · 194379th · 1945
Democrat · House · NY78th–79th
Term datesexact