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Joseph Little Bristow

Senator from Kansas
SENATEREPUBLICAN1909–1915ID B000844
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LegislationHEADLINE
36%with Dems
of 782 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
36%with Dems
of 782 · both combined
Steepest move
−38 pts
1909 → 1911
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 ↓1909
1913–1463rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
11.1%with Democrats
of 351 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1909 → 1911, −38 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 2, 1915noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1915H.R. 21201No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1915H.R. 20975No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 20975), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Feb 26, 1915H.R. 20975No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 25, 1915H.R. 20415No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 25, 1915H.R. 20415No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 24, 1915H.R. 19906No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1915H.R. 19906No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 23, 1915H.R. 20347No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 351 contested votes scored in the 63rd 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
61st · 190963rd · 1913
Republican · Senate · KS61st–63rd
Term datesexact
Members · Kansas
JB

Joseph Little Bristow

Senator from Kansas
SENATER1909–19153 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
35.9%with Democrats
of 782 votes · 64.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested36%of 782 · combined
Steepest move−38 pts1909→11, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019091913
1913–14 · 63rd · Republican · of 351 votes11.1%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 351 contested votes scored in the 63rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

61st · 190963rd · 1913
Republican61st–63rd

Party switchers

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