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James Churchill Oliver

Representative from Maine
HOUSEREPUBLICAN→DEMOCRAT1937–1961ID O000074
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LegislationHEADLINE
38%with Dems
of 385 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
38%with Dems
of 385 · both combined
Steepest move
+59 pts
1941 → 1959
the label changed
Changed parties
86th
R → D · first Congress under it

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 ↓1937194319491955R→D · 86th
1959–6086th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
82%with Democrats
of 89 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1941 → 1959, +59 pts — the Congress the label changed.
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 31, 1960H.R. 13161No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Aug 31, 1960H.R. 13161No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Aug 26, 1960H.R. 12580No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12580), 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 24, 1960S.J.Res. 170No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 24, 1960H.Res. 587No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 23, 1960H.Res. 611No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 23, 1960H.Res. 607No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 22, 1960H.R. 9866No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 22, 1960H.R. 5383No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 89 contested votes scored in the 86th 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

4 Congresses
75th · 193786th · 1959
Republican · House · ME75th–77th
Democrat · House · ME86th–86th
Term datesexact
Members · Maine
JO

James Churchill Oliver

Representative from Maine
HOUSER→D1937–19614 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
38.2%with Democrats
of 385 votes · 61.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested38%of 385 · combined
Steepest move+59 pts1941→59, as a Democrat
Changed parties86thR→D

Career arc

100500R→D19371959
1959–60 · 86th · Democrat · of 89 votes82%

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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 · 89 contested votes scored in the 86th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

75th · 193786th · 1959
Republican75th–77th
Democrat86th–86th

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