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Joseph Emerson Brown

Senator from Georgia
SENATEDEMOCRAT1879–1891ID B000936
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LegislationHEADLINE
75%with Dems
of 1,274 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
75%with Dems
of 1,274 · both combined
Steepest move
−12 pts
1885 → 1887
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 ↓18791885
1889–9051st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
68.8%with Democrats
of 32 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1885 → 1887, −12 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, 1891H.R. 10881No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1891H.R. 10881No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891S. 3738No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3738), 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 2, 1891S. 3738No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891S. 3738No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891S. 3738No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891S. 3738No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891S. 3738No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891S. 3738No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 32 contested votes scored in the 51st 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

6 Congresses
46th · 187951st · 1889
Democrat · Senate · GA46th–51st
Term datesexact
Members · Georgia
JB

Joseph Emerson Brown

Senator from Georgia
SENATED1879–18916 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
74.6%with Democrats
of 1,274 votes · 25.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested75%of 1,274 · combined
Steepest move−12 pts1885→87, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018791889
1889–90 · 51st · Democrat · of 32 votes68.8%

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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 · 32 contested votes scored in the 51st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

46th · 187951st · 1889
Democrat46th–51st

Party switchers

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