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FILE · Y000043
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John Andrew Young

Representative for Texas, district 14 · Democrat

Born 1916 · Died 2002

Democrat · TX House 1957–1979
5,894votes cast 88.0%attendance 81.9%party loyalty 11congresses served
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John Andrew Young

Recent bills they sponsored
  • H.R. 13651 · A bill to change the name of the Palmetto Bend Reservoir on the Navidad River, Texas, to "Lake Texana". July 28, 1978 · In committee
  • H.Con.Res. 632 · Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Administrator of the Environmental Protec… May 22, 1978 · In committee
  • H.Res. 1162 · A resolution waiving points of order against the conference report on the bill (H.R. 6782) to permit marketin… May 3, 1978 · Passed House
  • H.R. 12308 · A bill to modify the project for the mouth of the Colorado River, Texas, and for other purposes. April 24, 1978 · In committee
  • H.R. 12307 · A bill providing for Federal Maintenance of the Conn Brown Harbor Annex, Texas. April 24, 1978 · In committee
From the current-Congress bills Power & Politics tracks. This is not a complete count.
Every term served
11 terms
ChamberRepresentsPartyTerm dates
HouseTexas · District 14DemocratJanuary 4, 1977 – January 3, 1979
HouseTexas · District 14DemocratJanuary 14, 1975 – January 3, 1977
HouseTexas · District 14DemocratJanuary 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975
HouseTexas · District 14DemocratJanuary 21, 1971 – January 3, 1973
HouseTexas · District 14DemocratJanuary 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971
HouseTexas · District 14DemocratJanuary 10, 1967 – January 3, 1969
HouseTexas · District 14DemocratJanuary 4, 1965 – January 3, 1967
HouseTexas · District 14DemocratJanuary 9, 1963 – January 3, 1965
HouseTexas · District 14DemocratJanuary 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963
HouseTexas · District 14DemocratJanuary 7, 1959 – January 3, 1961
HouseTexas · District 14DemocratJanuary 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959
These are the official start and end dates of each term. A member who left early or arrived late served only part of it.

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  1. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Yea — Recorded vote: H.R. 10979 (House recorded vote (95th Congress))

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    Voted Yea — Recorded vote: H.R. 9937 (House recorded vote (95th Congress))

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  3. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Yea — Recorded vote: H.R. 13511 (House recorded vote (95th Congress))

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  4. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Yea — Recorded vote: H.R. 13750 (House recorded vote (95th Congress))

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  5. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Yea — Recorded vote: HRE1448 (House recorded vote (95th Congress))

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  6. · Roll-call votes

    Recorded as not voting — Recorded vote: H.R. 12467 (House recorded vote (95th Congress))

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    Recorded as not voting — Recorded vote: H.R. 15 (House recorded vote (95th Congress))

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  8. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Yea — Recorded vote: S. 3447 (House recorded vote (95th Congress))

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  9. · Roll-call votes

    Recorded as not voting — Recorded vote: S. 2493 (House recorded vote (95th Congress))

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  10. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Yea — Recorded vote: H.R. 12250 (House recorded vote (95th Congress))

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