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James Burnie Beck

Senator from Kentucky
SENATEDEMOCRAT1867–1891ID B000289
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LegislationHEADLINE
92%with Dems
of 3,291 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
92%with Dems
of 3,291 · both combined
Steepest move
+9 pts
1887 → 1889
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 ↓1867187318791885
1889–9051st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
94.1%with Democrats
of 17 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1887 → 1889, +9 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 2, 1890H.R. 4970No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 2, 1890H.R. 4970No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 16, 1890noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Apr 16, 1890noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 8, 1890S. 1No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 1, 1890noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Apr 1, 1890noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Apr 1, 1890noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Apr 1, 1890noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 17 contested votes scored in the 51st 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

11 Congresses
40th · 186745th · 187751st · 1889
Democrat · House · KY40th–43rd
Democrat · Senate · KY45th–51st
Term datesexact
Members · Kentucky
JB

James Burnie Beck

Senator from Kentucky
SENATED1867–189111 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
92.2%with Democrats
of 3,291 votes · 7.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested92%of 3,291 · combined
Steepest move+9 pts1887→89, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018671889
1889–90 · 51st · Democrat · of 17 votes94.1%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 · 17 contested votes scored in the 51st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

40th · 186751st · 1889
Democrat40th–43rd
Democrat45th–51st

Party switchers

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