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John Hollis Bankhead II

Senator from Alabama
SENATEDEMOCRAT1931–1947ID B000111
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LegislationHEADLINE
84%with Dems
of 770 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
84%with Dems
of 770 · both combined
Steepest move
−14 pts
1941 → 1943
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
71.2%with Democrats
of 59 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1941 → 1943, −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
May 25, 1946H.R. 4908No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 25, 1946H.R. 4908No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
May 25, 1946H.R. 4908No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 4908), 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
May 25, 1946H.R. 4908No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 25, 1946H.R. 4908No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 25, 1946H.R. 4908No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
May 25, 1946H.R. 4908No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 25, 1946H.R. 4908No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 25, 1946H.R. 4908No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 59 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 · AL72nd–79th
Term datesexact
Members · Alabama
JB

John Hollis Bankhead II

Senator from Alabama
SENATED1931–19478 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
83.6%with Democrats
of 770 votes · 16.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested84%of 770 · combined
Steepest move−14 pts1941→43, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019311945
1945–46 · 79th · Democrat · of 59 votes71.2%

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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 · 59 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 · 40thWesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105thBen Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th
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