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John Young Brown

Representative from Kentucky
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1859–1877ID B000933
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LegislationHEADLINE
93%with Dems
of 564 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
93%with Dems
of 564 · both combined
Steepest move
−6 pts
1873 → 1875
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 ↓185918651871
1875–7644th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
88.2%with Democrats
of 178 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1873 → 1875, −6 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
Mar 3, 1877S. 949No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
Mar 3, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877H.R. 3798No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1877S. 14No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1877H.R. 4698No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 178 contested votes scored in the 44th 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
36th · 185944th · 1875
Democrat · House · KY36th–44th
Term datesexact
Members · Kentucky
JB

John Young Brown

Representative from Kentucky
HOUSED1859–18773 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
92.9%with Democrats
of 564 votes · 7.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested93%of 564 · combined
Steepest move−6 pts1873→75, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018591875
1875–76 · 44th · Democrat · of 178 votes88.2%

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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
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 178 contested votes scored in the 44th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

36th · 185944th · 1875
Democrat36th–44th

Party switchers

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