Theodore Elijah Burton

Senator from Ohio

SENATEREPUBLICAN1889–1931ID B001159

LegislationHEADLINE

10%with Dems

of 2,083 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

10%with Dems

of 2,083 · both combined

Steepest move

−15 pts

1905 → 1907

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 ↓1889189519011907191319191925

1929–3071st Congress

Sat as a Republican

3.7%with Democrats

of 27 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1905 → 1907, −15 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

Oct 21, 1929H.R. 2667No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 18, 1929H.R. 2667No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 16, 1929noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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

Oct 2, 1929H.R. 2667No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Oct 2, 1929H.R. 2667No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Sep 11, 1929S.Res. 1No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Jun 18, 1929S.Res. 19No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 27 contested votes scored in the 71st 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

16 Congresses

51st · 188961st · 190967th · 192171st · 1929

Republican · House · OH51st–60th

Republican · Senate · OH61st–63rd

Republican · House · OH67th–70th

Republican · Senate · OH71st–71st

Term datesexact

Theodore Elijah Burton

Senator from Ohio

SENATER1889–193116 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

9.8%with Democrats

of 2,083 votes · 90.2% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested10%of 2,083 · combined

Steepest move−15 pts1905→07, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018891929

1929–30 · 71st · Republican · of 27 votes3.7%

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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 · 27 contested votes scored in the 71st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

51st · 188971st · 1929

Republican51st–60th

Republican61st–63rd

Republican67th–70th

Republican71st–71st

Party switchers

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