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Lucien Baker

Senator from Kansas
SENATEREPUBLICAN1895–1901ID B000070
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LegislationHEADLINE
19%with Dems
of 277 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
19%with Dems
of 277 · both combined
Steepest move
−12 pts
1897 → 1899
still a Republican

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 ↓1895
1899–190056th Congress
Sat as a Republican
7.8%with Democrats
of 51 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1897 → 1899, −12 pts — within one party label.
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
Feb 25, 1901H.R. 14017No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 21, 1901noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 18, 1901S. 4300No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 4300), 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
Jan 18, 1901S. 4300No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 18, 1901S. 4300No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 18, 1901S. 4300No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 18, 1901S. 4300No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 18, 1901S. 4300No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 18, 1901S. 4300No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 51 contested votes scored in the 56th 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

3 Congresses
54th · 189556th · 1899
Republican · Senate · KS54th–56th
Term datesexact
Members · Kansas
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Lucien Baker

Senator from Kansas
SENATER1895–19013 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
18.8%with Democrats
of 277 votes · 81.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested19%of 277 · combined
Steepest move−12 pts1897→99, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018951899
1899–1900 · 56th · Republican · of 51 votes7.8%

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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 · 51 contested votes scored in the 56th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

54th · 189556th · 1899
Republican54th–56th

Party switchers

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