John Hollis Bankhead

Senator from Alabama

SENATEDEMOCRAT1887–1921ID B000110

LegislationHEADLINE

88%with Dems

of 1,954 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

88%with Dems

of 1,954 · both combined

Steepest move

−14 pts

1909 → 1911

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 ↓188718931899190519111917

1919–2066th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

87.1%with Democrats

of 70 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1909 → 1911, −14 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

Feb 23, 1920H.R. 10453No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jan 15, 1920H.R. 3184No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 3184), 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

Open roll call

Jan 14, 1920H.R. 3184No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Jan 13, 1920H.R. 3184No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Jan 13, 1920H.R. 3184No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jan 12, 1920H.R. 3184No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Dec 20, 1919S.Res. 263No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Dec 20, 1919H.R. 10453No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 70 contested votes scored in the 66th 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

17 Congresses

50th · 188760th · 190766th · 1919

Democrat · House · AL50th–59th

Democrat · Senate · AL60th–66th

Term datesexact

John Hollis Bankhead

Senator from Alabama

SENATED1887–192117 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

88.2%with Democrats

of 1,954 votes · 11.8% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested88%of 1,954 · combined

Steepest move−14 pts1909→11, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018871919

1919–20 · 66th · Democrat · of 70 votes87.1%

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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

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 70 contested votes scored in the 66th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

50th · 188766th · 1919

Democrat50th–59th

Democrat60th–66th

Party switchers

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