Johnson Newlon Camden

Senator from West Virginia

SENATEDEMOCRAT1881–1895ID C000062

LegislationHEADLINE

87%with Dems

of 840 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

87%with Dems

of 840 · both combined

Steepest move

+7 pts

1891 → 1893

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 ↓188118871893

1893–9453rd Congress

Sat as a Democrat

92.5%with Democrats

of 200 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1891 → 1893, +7 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 2, 1895noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1895H.R. 8665No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1895S. 1620No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 1620), 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

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Mar 2, 1895H.R. 8234No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1895H.R. 8665No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 26, 1895H.R. 8518No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 26, 1895H.R. 8518No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 23, 1895H.R. 7273No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 200 contested votes scored in the 53rd 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

5 Congresses

47th · 188153rd · 1893

Democrat · Senate · WV47th–53rd

Term datesyears only to 1891 · exact from 1881

Johnson Newlon Camden

Senator from West Virginia

SENATED1881–18955 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

87.4%with Democrats

of 840 votes · 12.6% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested87%of 840 · combined

Steepest move+7 pts1891→93, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018811893

1893–94 · 53rd · Democrat · of 200 votes92.5%

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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 · 200 contested votes scored in the 53rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

47th · 188153rd · 1893

Democrat47th–53rd

Party switchers

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