Robert Johns Bulkley

Senator from Ohio

SENATEDEMOCRAT1911–1939ID B001045

LegislationHEADLINE

70%with Dems

of 731 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

70%with Dems

of 731 · both combined

Steepest move

−23 pts

1933 → 1935

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 ↓19111917192319291935

1937–3875th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

59.1%with Democrats

of 93 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1933 → 1935, −23 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

Jun 16, 1938noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jun 16, 1938H.R. 10530No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10530), 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

Open roll call

Jun 15, 1938H.R. 10618No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Jun 14, 1938H.R. 10851No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jun 14, 1938H.R. 1531No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Jun 3, 1938H.J.Res. 679No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Jun 3, 1938H.J.Res. 679No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 93 contested votes scored in the 75th 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

7 Congresses

62nd · 191171st · 192975th · 1937

Democrat · House · OH62nd–63rd

Democrat · Senate · OH71st–75th

Term datesexact

Robert Johns Bulkley

Senator from Ohio

SENATED1911–19397 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

69.9%with Democrats

of 731 votes · 30.1% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested70%of 731 · combined

Steepest move−23 pts1933→35, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019111937

1937–38 · 75th · Democrat · of 93 votes59.1%

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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 majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 93 contested votes scored in the 75th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

62nd · 191175th · 1937

Democrat62nd–63rd

Democrat71st–75th

Party switchers

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