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Alben William Barkley

Senator from Kentucky
SENATEDEMOCRAT1913–1957ID B000145
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LegislationHEADLINE
89%with Dems
of 2,199 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
89%with Dems
of 2,199 · both combined
Steepest move
+18 pts
1931 → 1933
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 ↓19131919192519311937194319491955
1955–5684th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
87.3%with Democrats
of 55 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1931 → 1933, +18 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
Apr 25, 1956S. 2577No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Apr 25, 1956S. 2577No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 24, 1956S. 2577No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2577), 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
Apr 19, 1956S.J.Res. 97No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Apr 19, 1956noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 11, 1956H.R. 12No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 11, 1956S.Con.Res. 2No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 27, 1956S.J.Res. 31No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 27, 1956S.J.Res. 31No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 55 contested votes scored in the 84th 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

20 Congresses
63rd · 191370th · 192784th · 1955
Democrat · House · KY63rd–69th
Democrat · Senate · KY70th–84th
Term datesexact
Members · Kentucky
AB

Alben William Barkley

Senator from Kentucky
SENATED1913–195720 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
89%with Democrats
of 2,199 votes · 11% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested89%of 2,199 · combined
Steepest move+18 pts1931→33, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019131955
1955–56 · 84th · Democrat · of 55 votes87.3%

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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 · 55 contested votes scored in the 84th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

63rd · 191384th · 1955
Democrat63rd–69th
Democrat70th–84th

Party switchers

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