JB
Joseph H. Bottum
Senator from South DakotaSENATEREPUBLICAN1961–1963ID B000656
LegislationHEADLINE
8%with Dems
of 49 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
8%with Dems
of 49 · both combined
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 ↓1961
1961–6287th Congress
Sat as a Republican
8.2%with Democrats
of 49 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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 4, 1962S. 3313LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 3, 1962H.R. 12580LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 2, 1962H.R. 10650LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10650), 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
Oct 2, 1962H.R. 13175LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 2, 1962H.R. 13175LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Oct 2, 1962H.R. 13175LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 1, 1962H.R. 13175LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 1, 1962H.R. 13175LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Oct 1, 1962H.R. 13175LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 49 contested votes scored in the 87th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
1 Congresses87th · 1961
Republican · Senate · SD87th–87th
Term datesexact