John James Blaine

Senator from Wisconsin

SENATEREPUBLICAN1927–1933ID B000520

LegislationHEADLINE

77%with Dems

of 459 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

77%with Dems

of 459 · both combined

Steepest move

+36 pts

1927 → 1929

still a Republican

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 ↓1927

1931–3272nd Congress

Sat as a Republican

75.5%with Democrats

of 102 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1927 → 1929, +36 pts — within one party label.

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

Mar 1, 1933S.Res. 375No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 27, 1933H.R. 14359No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 24, 1933H.R. 13520No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 13520), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

NAYSided with the Democratic majority

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Feb 20, 1933S. 5125No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 20, 1933S. 5125No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 20, 1933S. 5125No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 16, 1933S.J.Res. 211No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 16, 1933S.J.Res. 211No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 102 contested votes scored in the 72nd 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

3 Congresses

70th · 192772nd · 1931

Republican · Senate · WI70th–72nd

Term datesexact

John James Blaine

Senator from Wisconsin

SENATER1927–19333 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

76.9%with Democrats

of 459 votes · 23.1% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested77%of 459 · combined

Steepest move+36 pts1927→29, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019271931

1931–32 · 72nd · Republican · of 102 votes75.5%

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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 majorityNay

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreYes

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Latest 6 shown · 102 contested votes scored in the 72nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

70th · 192772nd · 1931

Republican70th–72nd

Party switchers

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