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John Griffin Carlisle

Senator from Kentucky
SENATEDEMOCRAT1877–1893ID C000152
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LegislationHEADLINE
90%with Dems
of 884 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
90%with Dems
of 884 · both combined
Steepest move
−20 pts
1889 → 1891
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 ↓187718831889
1891–9252nd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
73.5%with Democrats
of 34 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1889 → 1891, −20 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
Jan 31, 1893H.R. 7845No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 31, 1893H.R. 7845No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 16, 1893H.R. 7845No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 7845), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored
Jan 4, 1893H.R. 7825No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 15, 1892noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 27, 1892S. 2626No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 18, 1892noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 18, 1892S. 842No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 18, 1892noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 34 contested votes scored in the 52nd 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

8 Congresses
45th · 187752nd · 1891
Democrat · House · KY45th–51st
Democrat · Senate · KY52nd–52nd
Term datesexact
Members · Kentucky
JC

John Griffin Carlisle

Senator from Kentucky
SENATED1877–18938 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
90.3%with Democrats
of 884 votes · 9.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested90%of 884 · combined
Steepest move−20 pts1889→91, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018771891
1891–92 · 52nd · Democrat · of 34 votes73.5%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 34 contested votes scored in the 52nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

45th · 187752nd · 1891
Democrat45th–51st
Democrat52nd–52nd

Party switchers

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