Josiah William Bailey

Senator from North Carolina

SENATEDEMOCRAT1931–1947ID B000046

LegislationHEADLINE

55%with Dems

of 744 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

55%with Dems

of 744 · both combined

Steepest move

−41 pts

1935 → 1937

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 ↓193119371943

1945–4679th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

65.7%with Democrats

of 67 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1935 → 1937, −41 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

Jul 31, 1946H.R. 7No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jul 22, 1946H.J.Res. 225No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Jul 22, 1946H.J.Res. 225No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 225), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored

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Jul 19, 1946H.J.Res. 225No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 11, 1946H.J.Res. 371No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Jul 11, 1946H.J.Res. 371No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jul 9, 1946H.J.Res. 371No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jun 5, 1946H.R. 6064No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 67 contested votes scored in the 79th 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

8 Congresses

72nd · 193179th · 1945

Democrat · Senate · NC72nd–79th

Term datesexact

Josiah William Bailey

Senator from North Carolina

SENATED1931–19478 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

55.2%with Democrats

of 744 votes · 44.8% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested55%of 744 · combined

Steepest move−41 pts1935→37, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019311945

1945–46 · 79th · Democrat · of 67 votes65.7%

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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 majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

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Latest 6 shown · 67 contested votes scored in the 79th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

72nd · 193179th · 1945

Democrat72nd–79th

Party switchers

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