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John Matthew Zwach

Representative from Minnesota
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1967–1975ID Z000016
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LegislationHEADLINE
33%with Dems
of 798 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
33%with Dems
of 798 · both combined
Steepest move
+6 pts
1969 → 1971
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 ↓19671973
1973–7493rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
36.2%with Democrats
of 334 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1969 → 1971, +6 pts — within one party label.
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
Dec 17, 1974H.R. 15263No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 17, 1974H.Res. 1381No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 16, 1974S. 1901No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 1901), 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
Dec 16, 1974H.R. 17382No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 16, 1974H.R. 17504No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 16, 1974S. 1283No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 16, 1974H.Res. 1509No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 16, 1974H.R. 16900No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 13, 1974H.R. 14266No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 334 contested votes scored in the 93rd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance36.9% · 65 votes
Congress25.6% · 39 votes
Energy56% · 25 votes
Labor and Employment35% · 20 votes
International Affairs6.3% · 16 votes
Transportation and Public Works18.8% · 16 votes
District of Columbia53.8% · 13 votes
Government Operations and Politics25% · 12 votes
Armed Forces and National Security54.5% · 11 votes
Law20% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Mines and mineral resources— · 8 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6 votes
Environmental Protection— · 5 votes
Health— · 5 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 5 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 4 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 4 votes
Agriculture and Food— · 3 votes
Commemorations— · 3 votes
Commerce— · 3 votes
Education— · 3 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3 votes
Public works— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Coins and coinage— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Monuments and memorials— · 1 vote
Private Legislation— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Science, Technology, Communications— · 1 vote
Social Welfare— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 24 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

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

Service record

4 Congresses
90th · 196793rd · 1973
Republican · House · MN90th–93rd
Term datesexact
Members · Minnesota
JZ

John Matthew Zwach

Representative from Minnesota
HOUSER1967–19754 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
32.6%with Democrats
of 798 votes · 67.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested33%of 798 · combined
Steepest move+6 pts1969→71, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019671973
1973–74 · 93rd · Republican · of 334 votes36.2%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 · 334 contested votes scored in the 93rd

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance36.9% · 65
Congress25.6% · 39
Energy56% · 25
Labor and Employment35% · 20
International Affairs6.3% · 16
Transportation and Public Works18.8% · 16
District of Columbia53.8% · 13
Government Operations and Politics25% · 12
Armed Forces and National Security54.5% · 11
Law20% · 10
Mines and mineral resources— · 8
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6
Environmental Protection— · 5
Health— · 5
Housing and Community Development— · 5
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 4
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 4
Agriculture and Food— · 3
Commemorations— · 3
Commerce— · 3
Education— · 3
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3
Public works— · 2
Real property— · 2
Coins and coinage— · 1
Gold— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Monuments and memorials— · 1
Private Legislation— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Science, Technology, Communications— · 1
Social Welfare— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 24 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Service record

90th · 196793rd · 1973
Republican90th–93rd

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