Elmer Jacob Burkett

Senator from Nebraska

SENATEREPUBLICAN1899–1911ID B001103

LegislationHEADLINE

25%with Dems

of 571 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

25%with Dems

of 571 · both combined

Steepest move

+22 pts

1903 → 1905

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 ↓18991905

1909–1061st Congress

Sat as a Republican

38.8%with Democrats

of 196 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1903 → 1905, +22 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 4, 1911H.R. 29346No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 4, 1911H.J.Res. 295No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 4, 1911H.R. 32010No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 32010), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

YEASided with the Republican majority

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Mar 4, 1911H.R. 32010No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1911H.R. 31539No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1911H.R. 32909No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1911noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1911H.R. 32212No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 196 contested votes scored in the 61st 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

56th · 189959th · 190561st · 1909

Republican · House · NE56th–58th

Republican · Senate · NE59th–61st

Term datesexact

Elmer Jacob Burkett

Senator from Nebraska

SENATER1899–19116 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

24.9%with Democrats

of 571 votes · 75.1% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested25%of 571 · combined

Steepest move+22 pts1903→05, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018991909

1909–10 · 61st · Republican · of 196 votes38.8%

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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

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Latest 6 shown · 196 contested votes scored in the 61st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

56th · 189961st · 1909

Republican56th–58th

Republican59th–61st

Party switchers

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