The U.S. Congress Votes Database

Members of Congress / James Olin

Biographical Information

OLIN, James R., a Representative from Virginia; born in Chicago, Ill., February 28, 1920; graduated from Deep Springs College, Deep Springs, Calif., 1941; received B.E.E. degree, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., 1943; United States Army Signal Corps, World War II, 1943-1946; elected supervisor Town of Rotherdam, N.Y., and country board of supervisors, Schenectady County, N.Y., 1953; employed for 35 years by General Electric Co., until retirement January 1982, after serving as corporate vice president and general manager, industrial electronics division; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1983-January 3, 1993); was not a candidate for renomination to the One Hundred Third Congress in 1992; died on July 29, 2006, in Charlottesville, Va. (Source.)

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Roles in Congress

· 102nd Congress: Representative, Virginia (Dist. 6), Democratic. Jan. 3, 1991, to Jan. 3, 1993.

 

Last Votes

DateVotePositionGOP opinionDEM opinion
10/5/92 Vote 488 Yes Yes Yes
10/5/92 Vote 487: H R 6179: To Amend the Wild and Scenic River Act Yes No Yes
10/5/92 Vote 486 No Yes No
10/5/92 Vote 485: S 1704: National Park Service Not Voting No Yes
10/5/92 Vote 484: S 3100: Louisiana Land Conveyance Yes No Yes
10/5/92 Vote 483: H R 5739: Export Enhancement Act of 1992 Yes Yes Yes
10/5/92 Vote 482: H R 11: Revenue Act of 1992 No No Yes
10/5/92 Vote 481: H RES 609: Providing for the Consideration of the Conference Report on H.R. 11 No No Yes
10/5/92 Vote 480: H R 429: Reclamations Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1991 Yes Yes No
10/5/92 Vote 479: H RES 604: Waiving Points of Order Against the Conference Report and Its Consideration on H.R. 429; Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1991 No No Yes
10/5/92 Vote 478: H RES 604: Waiving Points of Order Against the Conference Report and Its Consideration on H.R. 429; Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1991 No No Yes
10/5/92 Vote 477: S 12: Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992 No No Yes
10/5/92 Vote 476: H R 5334: Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 Yes Yes Yes
10/5/92 Vote 475: H RES 603: Waiving Points of Order Against the Conference Report and Its Consideration of H.R. 5334; Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 Not Voting No Yes
10/5/92 Vote 474: H R 776: Comprehensive National Energy Policy Act Yes Yes Yes
10/5/92 Vote 473: H R 776: Comprehensive National Energy Policy Act No No No
10/5/92 Vote 472: H RES 602: Waiving Points of Order Against the Conference Report and Its Consideration of H.R. 5504; Department of Defense Appropriations for F.Y. 1993 No No Yes
10/5/92 Vote 471: H RES 601: Waiving Points of Order Against the Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 776; Comprehensive National Energy Policy Act Yes Yes Yes
10/5/92 Vote 470: H R 5368: Foreign Assistance Appropriations for Fy 1993 Yes Yes Yes
10/4/92 Vote 469: H R 918 No Yes No

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