Joseph Weldon Bailey

Senator from Texas

SENATEDEMOCRAT1891–1913ID B000044

LegislationHEADLINE

93%with Dems

of 912 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

93%with Dems

of 912 · both combined

Steepest move

−10 pts

1907 → 1909

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 ↓1891189719031909

1911–1262nd Congress

Sat as a Democrat

89.6%with Democrats

of 48 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1907 → 1909, −10 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

Dec 19, 1912noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 16, 1912noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 21, 1912H.R. 26321No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 26321), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

NAYSided with the Republican majority

Open roll call

Aug 16, 1912H.R. 22195No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Aug 16, 1912H.R. 18642No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Aug 13, 1912H.R. 21279No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Aug 3, 1912noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jul 25, 1912H.R. 22195No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 16, 1912S.Res. 357No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 48 contested votes scored in the 62nd 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

11 Congresses

52nd · 189157th · 190162nd · 1911

Democrat · House · TX52nd–56th

Democrat · Senate · TX57th–62nd

Term datesexact

Joseph Weldon Bailey

Senator from Texas

SENATED1891–191311 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

93.4%with Democrats

of 912 votes · 6.6% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested93%of 912 · combined

Steepest move−10 pts1907→09, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018911911

1911–12 · 62nd · Democrat · of 48 votes89.6%

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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 majorityNay

Counts toward scoreYes

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 48 contested votes scored in the 62nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

52nd · 189162nd · 1911

Democrat52nd–56th

Democrat57th–62nd

Party switchers

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