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John Martin Vorys

Representative from Ohio
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1939–1959ID V000119
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LegislationHEADLINE
14%with Dems
of 928 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
14%with Dems
of 928 · both combined
Steepest move
+9 pts
1947 → 1949
still a Republican

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 ↓1939194519511957
1957–5885th Congress
Sat as a Republican
20.7%with Democrats
of 92 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1947 → 1949, +9 pts — within one party label.
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
Aug 23, 1958H.R. 13247No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Aug 23, 1958H.R. 13489No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 22, 1958H.R. 13343No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 13343), 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
Aug 22, 1958S. 3335No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 21, 1958S.Con.Res. 109No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 21, 1958S. 4036No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 21, 1958S. 4036No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 20, 1958H.R. 13450No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Aug 20, 1958H.R. 13450No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 92 contested votes scored in the 85th 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

10 Congresses
76th · 193985th · 1957
Republican · House · OH76th–85th
Term datesexact
Members · Ohio
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John Martin Vorys

Representative from Ohio
HOUSER1939–195910 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
13.7%with Democrats
of 928 votes · 86.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested14%of 928 · combined
Steepest move+9 pts1947→49, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019391957
1957–58 · 85th · Republican · of 92 votes20.7%

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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 · 92 contested votes scored in the 85th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

76th · 193985th · 1957
Republican76th–85th

Party switchers

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