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John Jarman

Representative from Oklahoma
HOUSEDEMOCRAT→REPUBLICAN1951–1977ID J000057
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LegislationHEADLINE
36%with Dems
of 2,132 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
36%with Dems
of 2,132 · both combined
Steepest move
−16 pts
1961 → 1963
still a Democrat
Changed parties
94th
D → R · first Congress under it
votes moved first

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 ↓19511957196319691975D→R · 94th
1975–7694th Congress
Sat as a Republican
16.6%with Democrats
of 482 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1961 → 1963, −16 pts — while still a Democrat.
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
Oct 1, 1976H.R. 11337No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 1, 1976S. 3131No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 1, 1976H.R. 10210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10210), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Oct 1, 1976S. 2278No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 1, 1976S. 2278No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Oct 1, 1976H.Res. 1591No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 1, 1976H.R. 12572No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Sep 30, 1976S. 3521No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 30, 1976H.R. 10210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 482 contested votes scored in the 94th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance23.9% · 159 votes
Congress33.7% · 83 votes
Energy11% · 73 votes
Government Operations and Politics13.3% · 60 votes
International Affairs22.9% · 35 votes
Transportation and Public Works10.7% · 28 votes
Armed Forces and National Security15.4% · 26 votes
Agriculture and Food16.7% · 24 votes
Labor and Employment13% · 23 votes
Taxation14.3% · 21 votes
Law5.9% · 17 votes
Commerce6.3% · 16 votes
District of Columbia0% · 15 votes
Mines and mineral resources14.3% · 14 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement7.7% · 13 votes
Education0% · 12 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources25% · 12 votes
Health36.4% · 11 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes
Finance and Financial Sector— · 8 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 8 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Environmental Protection— · 7 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 5 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 5 votes
Social Welfare— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Public works— · 4 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Private Legislation— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 2 votes
Credit— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Chemicals— · 1 vote
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Emergency Management— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Industrial relations— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Native Americans— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Refugees— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote
Territories (U.S.)— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 42 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Heating, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Lobbying, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

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

Service record

13 Congresses
82nd · 195194th · 1975
Democrat · House · OK82nd–93rd
Republican · House · OK94th–94th
Term datesexact
Members · Oklahoma
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John Jarman

Representative from Oklahoma
HOUSED→R1951–197713 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
35.6%with Democrats
of 2,132 votes · 64.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested36%of 2,132 · combined
Steepest move−16 pts1961→63, as a Democrat
Changed parties94thD→R · votes moved first

Career arc

100500D→R19511975
1975–76 · 94th · Republican · of 482 votes16.6%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 482 contested votes scored in the 94th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance23.9% · 159
Congress33.7% · 83
Energy11% · 73
Government Operations and Politics13.3% · 60
International Affairs22.9% · 35
Transportation and Public Works10.7% · 28
Armed Forces and National Security15.4% · 26
Agriculture and Food16.7% · 24
Labor and Employment13% · 23
Taxation14.3% · 21
Law5.9% · 17
Commerce6.3% · 16
District of Columbia0% · 15
Mines and mineral resources14.3% · 14
Crime and Law Enforcement7.7% · 13
Education0% · 12
Public Lands and Natural Resources25% · 12
Health36.4% · 11
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9
Finance and Financial Sector— · 8
Housing and Community Development— · 8
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8
Depletion allowances— · 7
Environmental Protection— · 7
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6
Mortgages— · 6
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 5
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 5
Social Welfare— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Public works— · 4
Coins and coinage— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Private Legislation— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Conferences— · 2
Constitutional amendments— · 2
Credit— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Real property— · 2
Youth— · 2
Chemicals— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Emergency Management— · 1
Gold— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Industrial relations— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Native Americans— · 1
Noise— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1
Territories (U.S.)— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 42 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Heating, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Lobbying, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

82nd · 195194th · 1975
Democrat82nd–93rd
Republican94th–94th

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