2004 Marriage Protection Act & what happened to the House members who voted

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The first time I printed a roll-call vote in the U.S. House onto paper was in 2004, when Representative John Hostettler sponsored the “Marriage Protection Act”.  The law was designed to strip federal courts of judicial review in marriage equality cases.  (The second time I printed off a roll-call vote was in January of this year, with the Congressional vote to certify the presidential election.  It was the January vote that brought this topic back up in my head.)


Since I have that roll-call vote from 2004, I thought it would be interesting to track the subsequent House careers of every member of that Congress.

I divided their departures into four categories:

• MID-SESSION DEPARTURES.  This includes deaths, as well as people who resigned because of scandal or to pursue another office.  It does not include people who were planning to seek re-election but resigned after losing a primary.
• RETIREMENTS.  This includes people who chose not to run for re-election to their House seat for any reason, including pursuit of another office.
• PRIMARY LOSSES.  This includes people who lost primaries or convention votes.  It also includes members who were defeated in the general election by members of their own party.  (I’m looking at you, California.)
• GENERAL ELECTION DEFEATS.

I only included how members ended the 2004 stint.  If they left and came back, I ignored the later stint.

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2004 MID-SESSION DEPARTURES.

REPUBLICANS VOTING FOR.  Peter Goss (FL).
REPUBLICANS VOTING AGAINST.  Doug Bereuter (NE).


2004 RETIREMENTS.

REPUBLICANS VOTING FOR.  Cass Ballenger (NC), Richard Burr (NC), Jim DeMint (SC), Jennifer Dunn (WA), Johnny Isakson (GA), Scott McInnis (CO), George Nethercutt (WA), Ed Schrock (VA), Nick Smith (MI), Billy Tauzin (LA), Pat Toomey (PA), and David Vitter (LA).
REPUBLICANS VOTING AGAINST.  Amo Houghton (NY) and Doug Ose (CA).
REPUBLICANS NOT VOTING.  Mac Collins (GA), Jim Greenwood (PA), and Jack Quinn (NY).
DEMOCRATS VOTING FOR.  Brad Carson (OK), Chris John (LA), Ken Lucas (KY), and Jim Turner (TX).
DEMOCRATS VOTING AGAINST.  Peter Deutsch (FL), Cal Dooley (CA), Dick Gephardt (MO), Joe Hoeffel (PA), Jerry Kleczka (WI), Bill Lipinski (IL), Denise Majette (GA), and  Karen McCarthy (MO).


2004 PRIMARY LOSSES.

DEMOCRATS VOTING AGAINST.  Chris Bell (TX) and Ciro Rodriguez (TX).


2004 GENERAL ELECTION DEFEATS.

REPBULICANS VOTING FOR.  Max Burns (GA) and Phil Crane (IL).
DEMOCRATS VOTING FOR.  Max Sandlin (TX) and Charles Stenholm (TX).
DEMOCRATS VOTING AGAINST.  Martin Frost (TX), Baron Hill (IN), and Nick Lampson (TX).

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2005/2006 MID-SESSION DEPARTURES.

REPUBLICANS VOTING FOR.  Christopher Cox (CA), Duke Cunningham (CA), Tom DeLay (TX), and Rob Portman (OH).
REPUBLICANS VOTING AGAINST.  Mark Foley (FL).
DEMOCRATS VOTING AGAINST.  Robert Matsui (CA) and Bob Menendez (NJ).


2006 RETIREMENTS.

REPUBLICANS VOTING FOR.  Bob Beauprez (CO), Michael Bilirakis (FL), Sherwood Boehlert (NY), Jim Gibbons (NV), Mark Green (WI), Katherine Harris (FL), Joel Hefley (CO), Henry Hyde (IL), Ernest Istook (OK), Bill Jenkins (TN), Mark Kennedy (MN), Bob Ney (OH), Jim Nussle (IA), Tom Osborne (NE), Butch Otter (ID), Mike Oxley (OH), and Bill Thomas (CA).
REPUBLICANS VOTING AGAINST.  Jim Kolbe (AZ).
DEMOCRAT CAUCUS MEMBERS VOTING AGAINST.  Sherrod Brown (OH), Ben Cardin (MD), Ed Case (HI), Jim Davis (FL), Lane Evans (IL), Harold Ford Jr (TN), Major Owens (NY), Martin Sabo (MN), Bernie Sanders (VT), and Ted Strickland (OH).


2006 GENERAL ELECTION DEFEATS.

REPUBLICANS VOTING FOR.  Henry Bonilla (TX), Jeb Bradley (NH), Chris Chocola (IN), Gil Gutknecht (MN), Melissa Hart (PA), J.D. Hayworth (AZ), John Hostettler (IN), Sue Kelly (NY), Anne Northup (KY), Richard Pombo (CA), Jim Ryun (KS), Clay Shaw (FL), Don Sherwood (PA), John Sweeney (NY), Charles Taylor (NC), and Curt Weldon (PA).
REPUBLICANS VOTING AGAINST.  Charles Bass (NH), Nancy Johnson (CT), Jim Leach (IA), and Rob Simmons (CT).

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2007/2008 MID-SESSION DEPARTURES.

REPUBLICANS VOTING FOR.  Richard Baker (LA), Jo Ann Davis (VA), Paul Gillmor (OH), Dennis Hastert (IL), Charlie Norwood (GA), and Roger Wicker (MS).
DEMOCRATS VOTING AGAINST.  Stephanie Tubbs Jones (OH), Tom Lantos (CA), Marty Meehan (MA), and Juanita Millender-McDonald (CA).
DEMOCRATS NOT VOTING.  Julia Carson (IN).


2008 RETIREMENTS.

REPUBLICANS VOTING FOR.  Barbara Cubin (WY), Thomas Davis (VA), John Doolittle (CA), Terry Everett (AL), Mike Ferguson (NJ), Vito Fossella (NY), Dave Hobson (OH), Kenny Hulshof (MO), Duncan Hunter (CA), Ray LaHood (IL), Ron Lewis (KY), Jim McCrery (LA), Steve Pearce (NM), John Peterson (PA), Chip Pickering (MS), Deborah Pryce (OH), Jim Ramstad (MN), Ralph Regula (OH), Rick Renzi (AZ), Thomas Reynolds (NY), Jim Saxton (NJ), Tom Tancredo (CO), James Walsh (NY), Dave Weldon (FL), Jerry Weller (IL), and Heather Wilson (NM).
DEMOCRATS VOTING FOR.  Bud Cramer (AL),
DEMOCRATS VOTING AGAINST.  Tom Allen (ME), Darlene Hooley (OR), Mike McNulty (NY), Mark Udall (CO), and Tom Udall (NM).


2008 PRIMARY LOSSES.

REPUBLICANS VOTING FOR.  Chris Cannon (UT).
REPUBLICANS VOTING AGAINST.  Wayne Gilchrest (MD).
DEMOCRATS VOTING AGAINST.  Albert Wynn (MD).


2008 GENERAL ELECTIONS DEFEATS.

REPUBLICANS VOTING FOR.  Steve Chabot (OH), Tom Feeney (FL), Virgil Goode (VA), Robin Hayes (NC), Ric Keller (FL), Joe Knollenberg (MI), Marilyn Musgrave (CO), and Jon Porter (NV).
REPUBLICANS VOTING AGAINST.  Phil English (PA) and Chris Shays (CT)
DEMOCRATS VOTING AGAINST.  William Jefferson (LA).

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2009/2010 MID-SESSION DEPARTURES.

REPUBLICANS VOTING FOR.  Nathan Deal (GA), John McHugh (NY), and Mark Souder (IN).
DEMOCRATS VOTING AGAINST.  Neil Abercrombie (HI), Rahm Emanuel (IL), John Murtha (PA), Hilda Solis (CA), Ellen Tauscher (CA), and Robert Wexler (FL).


2010 RETIREMENTS.

REPUBLICANS VOTING FOR.  Gresham Barrett (SC), Roy Blunt (MO), John Boozman (AR), Henry Brown (SC), Ginny Brown-Waite (FL), Steve Buyer (IN), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (FL), Vern Ehlers (MI), Pete Hoekstra (MI), John Linder (GA), Jerry Moran (KS), Adam Putnam (FL), George Radanovich (CA), John Shadegg (AZ), Todd Tiahrt (KS), and Zach Wamp (TN).
REPUBLICANS VOTING AGAINST.  Mike Castle (DE).
REPUBLICANS NOT VOTING.  Mark Kirk (IL).
DEMOCRATS VOTING FOR.  Marion Berry (AR), Bart Gordon (TN), and John Tanner (TN).
DEMOCRATS VOTING AGAINST.  Brian Baird (WA), Artur Davis (AL), Bill Delahunt (MA), Patrick Kennedy (RI), Kendrick Meek (FL), Dennis Moore (KS), Dave Obey (WI), Vic Snyder (AR), Bart Stupak (MI), and Dianne Watson (CA).


2010 PRIMARY LOSSES.

DEMOCRATS VOTING AGAINST.  Carolyn Kilpatrick (MI) and Alan Mollohan (WV).


2010 GENERAL ELECTION DEFEATS.

DEMOCRATS VOTING FOR.  Rick Boucher (VA), Allen Boyd (FL), Lincoln Davis (TN), Chet Edwards (TX), Stephanie Herseth (SD), Jim Marshall (GA), Ike Skelton (MO), and Gene Taylor (MS).
DEMOCRATS VOTING AGAINST.  Bob Etheridge (NC), Paul Kanjorski (PA), Jim Oberstar (MN), Solomon Ortiz (TX), Earl Pomeroy (ND), and John Spratt (SC).

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2011/2012 MID-SESSION DEPARTURES.

DEMOCRATS VOTING AGAINST.  Jane Harman (CA), Jay Inslee (WA), Jesse Jackson Jr (IL), Donald Payne (NJ), Anthony Weiner (NY), and David Wu (OR).


2012 RETIREMENTS.

REPUBLICANS VOTING FOR.  Todd Akin (MO), Dan Burton (IN), David Dreier (CA), Jeff Flake (AZ), Elton Gallegly (CA), Wally Herger (CA), Tim Johnson (IL), Steve LaTourette (OH), Jerry Lewis (CA), Sue Myrick (NC), Mike Pence (IN), Todd Platts (PA), and Denny Rehberg (MT).
REPUBLICANS NOT VOTING.  Ron Paul (TX).
DEMOCRATS VOTING FOR.  Jerry Costello (IL) and Mike Ross (AR).
DEMOCRATS VOTING AGAINST.  Gary Ackerman (NY), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Shelley Berkley (NV), Dennis Cardoza (CA), Norman Dicks (WA), Bob Filner (CA), Barney Frank (MA), Charlie Gonzalez (TX), Maurice Hinchey (NY), Dale Kildee (MI), Brad Miller (NC), John Olver (MA), Edolphus Towns (NY), and Lynn Woolsey (CA).


2012 PRIMARY LOSSES.

REPUBLICANS VOTING FOR.  Don Manzullo (IL), Thad McCotter (MI), Cliff Stearns (FL), and John Sullivan (OK).
DEMOCRATS VOTING FOR.  Tim Holden (PA).
DEMOCRATS VOTING AGAINST.  Joe Baca (CA), Howard Berman (CA), Silvestre Reyes (TX), Steve Rothman (NJ), and Pete Stark (CA).
DEMOCRATS NOT VOTING.  Dennis Kucinich (OH).


2012 GENERAL ELECTION DEFEATS.

REPUBLICANS VOTING FOR.  Roscoe Bartlett (MD).
REPUBLICANS VOTING AGAINST.  Judy Biggert (IL) and Mary Bono (CA).
DEMOCRATS VOTING FOR.  Ben Chandler (KY).
DEMOCRATS VOTING AGAINST.  Leonard Boswell (IA).

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2013/2014 MID-SESSION DEPARTURES.

REPUBLICANS VOTING FOR.  Jo Bonner (AL), Jo Ann Emerson (MO), and Bill Young (FL).
DEMOCRATS VOTING FOR.  Rodney Alexander (LA).  [2004 party switch to GOP]
DEMOCRATS VOTING AGAINST.  Rob Andrews (NJ), Ed Markey (MA), and Mel Watt (NC).


2014 RETIREMENTS.

REPUBLICANS VOTING FOR.  Spencer Bachus (AL), Dave Camp (MI), Shelley Moore Capito (WV), Howard Coble (NC), Phil Gingrey (GA), Doc Hastings (WA), Jack Kingston (GA), Tom Latham (IA), Buck McKeon (CA), Gary Miller (CA), Thomas Petri (WI), Mike Rogers (MI), and Frank Wolf (VA).
REPUBLICANS VOTING AGAINST.  Jim Gerlach (PA).
DEMOCRATS VOTING FOR.  Jim Matheson (UT) and Mike McIntyre (NC).
DEMOCRATS VOTING AGAINST.  John Dingell (MI), Rush Holt (NJ), Carolyn McCarthy (NY), Mike Michaud (ME), George Miller (CA), Jim Moran (VA), Ed Pastor (AZ), and Henry Waxman (CA).


2014 PRIMARY LOSSES.

REPUBLICANS VOTING FOR.  Eric Cantor (VA) and Ralph Hall (TX).
DEMOCRATS VOTING AGAINST.  John Tierney (MA).


2014 GENERAL ELECTION DEFEATS.

REPUBLICANS VOTING FOR.  Lee Terry (NE).
DEMOCRATS VOTING FOR.  Nick Rahall (WV).
DEMOCRATS VOTING AGAINST.  Timothy Bishop (NY).

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2015/2016 MID-SESSION DEPARTURES.

REPUBLICANS VOTING FOR.  John Boehner (OH) and Ed Whitfield (KY).


2016 RETIREMENTS.

REPUBLICANS VOTING FOR.  Ander Crenshaw (FL), John Kline (MN), Candice Miller (MI), Jeff Miller (FL), Randy Neugebauer (TX), and Joe Pitts (PA).
DEMOCRATS VOTING AGAINST.  Lois Capps (CA), Sam Farr (CA), Ruben Hinojosa (TX), Steve Israel (NY), Jim McDermott (WA), Charles Rangel (NY), Loretta Sanchez (CA), and Chris Van Hollen (MD).


2016 PRIMARY LOSSES.

REPUBLICANS VOTING FOR.  Randy Forbes (VA).
DEMOCRATS VOTING AGAINST.  Corinne Brown (FL), Chaka Fattah (PA), and Mike Honda (CA).


2016 GENERAL ELECTION DEFEATS.

REPUBLICANS VOTING FOR.  Scott Garrett (NJ) and John Mica (FL).

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2017/2018 MID-SESSION DEPARTURES.

REPUBLICANS VOTING FOR.  Trent Franks (AZ), Jim Murphy (PA), and Pat Tiberi (OH).
DEMOCRATS VOTING AGAINST.  Xavier Becerra (CA), John Conyers (MI), and Louise Slaughter (NY).


2018 RETIREMENTS.

REPUBLICANS VOTING FOR.  Joe Barton (TX), Marsha Blackburn (TN), Jimmy Duncan (TN), Rodney Frelinghuysen (NJ), Bob Goodlatte (VA), Jeb Hensarling (TX), Darrell Issa (CA), Sam Johnson (TX), Frank LoBiondo (NJ), Ed Royce (CA), Paul Ryan (WI), Bill Shuster (PA), and Lamar Smith (TX).
REPUBLICANS VOTING AGAINST.  Ileane Ros-Lehtinen (FL).
DEMOCRATS VOTING AGAINST.  Bob Brady (PA), Gene Green (TX), Luis Gutierrez (IL), and Sander Levin (MI).


2018 PRIMARY LOSSES.

DEMOCRATS VOTING AGAINST.  Joe Crowley (NY) and Mike Capuano (MA).


2018 GENERAL ELECTION DEFEATS.

REPUBLICANS VOTING FOR.  John Culberson (TX), Dana Rohrabacher (CA), and Pete Sessions (TX).

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2019/2020 MID-SESSION DEPARTURES.

REPUBLICANS VOTING FOR.  Walter Jones (NC).
DEMOCRATS VOTING AGAINST.  John Lewis (GA) and Elijah Cummings (MD).


2020 RETIREMENTS.

REPUBLICANS VOTING FOR.  Rob Bishop (UT), Peter King (NY), Jim Sensenbrenner (WI), John Shimkus (IL), Mac Thornberry (TX), and Greg Walden (OR).
DEMOCRATS VOTING AGAINST.  Susan Davis (CA), Jose Serrano (NY), and Pete Visclosky (IN).
DEMOCRATS NOT VOTING.  Nita Lowey (NY).


2020 PRIMARY LOSSES.

REPUBLICANS VOTING FOR.  Steve King (IA).
DEMOCRATS VOTING AGAINST.  Lacy Clay (MO) and Eliot Engel (NY).


2020 GENERAL ELECTION DEFEATS.

DEMOCRATS VOTING FOR.  Collin Peterson (MN).


2021 MID-SESSION DEPARTURES.

DEMOCRATS VOTING AGAINST.  Alcee Hastings (FL).

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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen’s 2018 retirement marks the departure of the last Republican who voted against the Hostettler bill.  Collin Peterson’s 2020 defeat marks the departure of the last Democrat to vote for it.


SURVIVING MEMBERS.

REPUBLICANS VOTING FOR.  Robert Aderholt (AL), Kevin Brady (TX), Michael Burgess (TX), Ken Calvert (CA), John Carter (TX), Tom Cole (OK), Mario Diaz-Balart (FL), Kay Granger (TX), Sam Graves (MO), Frank Lucas (OK), Devin Nunes (CA), Hal Rogers (KY), Mike Rogers (AL), Mike Simpson (ID), Chris Smith (NJ), Mike Turner (OH), Fred Upton (MI), Joe Wilson (SC), and Don Young (AK).

DEMOCRATS VOTING AGAINST.  Sanford Bishop (GA), Earl Blumenauer (OR), G.K. Butterfield (NC), Jim Clyburn (SC), Jim Cooper (TN), Danny Davis (IL), Peter DeFazio (OR), Diana DeGette (CO), Rosa DeLauro (CT), Lloyd Doggett (TX), Mike Doyle (PA), Anna Eshoo (CA), Raul Grijalva (AZ), Steny Hoyer (MD), Sheila Jackson-Lee (TX), Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX), Marcy Kaptur (OH), Ron Kind (WI), James Langevin (RI), Rick Larsen (WA), John Larson (CT), Barbara Lee (CA), Zoe Lofgren (CA), Stephen Lynch (MA), Carolyn Maloney (NY), Betty McCollum (MN), Jim McGovern (MA), Gregory Meeks (NY), Jerry Nadler (NY), Grace Napolitano (CA), Richard Neal (MA), Frank Pallone (NJ), Bill Pascrell (NJ), Nancy Pelosi (CA), David Price (NC), Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA), Dutch Ruppersberger (MD), Bobby Rush (IL), Tim Ryan (OH), Linda Sanchez (CA), Jan Schakowsky (IL), Adam Schiff (CA), Bobby Scott (VA), David Scott (GA), Brad Sherman (CA), Adam Smith (WA), Bennie Thompson (MS), Mike Thompson (CA), Nydia Velazquez (NY), and Maxine Waters (CA).

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I remember following all roll call votes pertaining to any LGBTQ issue.  There used to be a great website, now long gone probably, that detailed every single roll call vote in state legislatures concerning LGBTQ issues as by the turn of the millennium, gay rights were becoming more discussed by pretty much everyone, even in conservative legislatures.

I imagine a lot of those moderate Republican and conservative Democratic votes are no longer in the Congress.  I wonder if there are even any left.

Charlie Dent was elected in 2004 but I know he had his own evolution and really was one of the few Republicans in the House to support LGBTQ rights.

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I wonder how many true believers would vote for such a bill now.