Alva Blanchard Adams

Senator from Colorado

SENATEDEMOCRAT1923–1943ID A000028

LegislationHEADLINE

58%with Dems

of 637 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

58%with Dems

of 637 · both combined

Steepest move

−11 pts

1933 → 1935

still a Democrat

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 ↓1923192919351941

1941–4277th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

45%with Democrats

of 60 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1933 → 1935, −11 pts — while still a Democrat.

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

Nov 7, 1941H.J.Res. 237No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Nov 7, 1941H.J.Res. 237No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 237), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.

Where this lands

NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored

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Nov 7, 1941H.J.Res. 237No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Oct 23, 1941H.R. 5788No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 21, 1941H.R. 2665No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Sep 5, 1941H.R. 5417No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 5, 1941H.R. 5417No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 60 contested votes scored in the 77th 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

6 Congresses

68th · 192377th · 1941

Democrat · Senate · CO68th–77th

Term datesexact

Alva Blanchard Adams

Senator from Colorado

SENATED1923–19436 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

58.4%with Democrats

of 637 votes · 41.6% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested58%of 637 · combined

Steepest move−11 pts1933→35, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019231941

1941–42 · 77th · Democrat · of 60 votes45%

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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 majorityNay

Republican majorityNay

Counts toward scoreNo

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Latest 6 shown · 60 contested votes scored in the 77th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

68th · 192377th · 1941

Democrat68th–77th

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40th Wesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105th Ben Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th