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Joseph Ralph Burton

Senator from Kansas
SENATEREPUBLICAN1901–1907ID B001154
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LegislationHEADLINE
5%with Dems
of 79 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
5%with Dems
of 79 · both combined
Steepest move
−5 pts
1901 → 1903
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 ↓1901
1903–0458th Congress
Sat as a Republican
0%with Democrats
of 2 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1901 → 1903, −5 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 18, 1904noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 16, 1903H.R. 1921No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
2 most recent roll calls shown · 2 contested votes scored in the 58th 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
57th · 190159th · 1905
Republican · Senate · KS57th–59th
Term datesexact
Members · Kansas
JB

Joseph Ralph Burton

Senator from Kansas
SENATER1901–19073 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
5.1%with Democrats
of 79 votes · 94.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested5%of 79 · combined
Steepest move−5 pts1901→03, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019011905
1903–04 · 58th · Republican · of 2 votes0%

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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.
Latest 2 shown · 2 contested votes scored in the 58th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

57th · 190159th · 1905
Republican57th–59th

Party switchers

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