Ross Bass

Senator from Tennessee

SENATEDEMOCRAT1955–1967ID B000223

LegislationHEADLINE

92%with Dems

of 573 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

92%with Dems

of 573 · both combined

Steepest move

+15 pts

1957 → 1959

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 ↓19551961

1965–6689th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

94.3%with Democrats

of 158 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1957 → 1959, +15 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

Oct 18, 1966S. 3708No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 13, 1966noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 13, 1966H.R. 13103No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 13103), 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

Oct 13, 1966H.R. 13103No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 12, 1966H.R. 17636No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 10, 1966H.R. 14644No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 7, 1966H.R. 17787No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 7, 1966H.R. 17787No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Oct 5, 1966H.R. 17788No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 158 contested votes scored in the 89th 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

6 Congresses

84th · 195589th · 1965

Democrat · House · TN84th–88th

Democrat · Senate · TN89th–89th

Term datesexact

Ross Bass

Senator from Tennessee

SENATED1955–19676 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

92.5%with Democrats

of 573 votes · 7.5% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested92%of 573 · combined

Steepest move+15 pts1957→59, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019551965

1965–66 · 89th · Democrat · of 158 votes94.3%

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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 · 158 contested votes scored in the 89th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

84th · 195589th · 1965

Democrat84th–88th

Democrat89th–89th

Party switchers

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