Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn

Senator from Kentucky

SENATEDEMOCRAT1875–1907ID B000508

LegislationHEADLINE

92%with Dems

of 2,261 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

92%with Dems

of 2,261 · both combined

Steepest move

−16 pts

1893 → 1895

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 ↓187518811887189318991905

1905–0659th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

87.1%with Democrats

of 70 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1893 → 1895, −16 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

Dec 11, 1907H.R. 480No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 4, 1907S. 5133No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1907H.R. 24043No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 24043), 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

Mar 3, 1907H.R. 9329No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1907S. 5133No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1907noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1907S. 529No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 70 contested votes scored in the 59th 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

14 Congresses

44th · 187549th · 188559th · 1905

Democrat · House · KY44th–48th

Democrat · Senate · KY49th–59th

Term datesexact

Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn

Senator from Kentucky

SENATED1875–190714 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

92%with Democrats

of 2,261 votes · 8% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested92%of 2,261 · combined

Steepest move−16 pts1893→95, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018751905

1905–06 · 59th · 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 59th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

44th · 187559th · 1905

Democrat44th–48th

Democrat49th–59th

Party switchers

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