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Edward Ward Carmack

Senator from Tennessee
SENATEDEMOCRAT1897–1907ID C000157
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LegislationHEADLINE
95%with Dems
of 308 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
95%with Dems
of 308 · both combined
Steepest move
−6 pts
1903 → 1905
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 ↓18971903
1905–0659th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
92%with Democrats
of 25 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1903 → 1905, −6 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
Dec 11, 1907H.R. 480No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 4, 1907S. 5133No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1907H.R. 24043No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 24043), 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
Mar 3, 1907S. 5133No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1907S. 529No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1907H.R. 24640No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 25, 1907noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 20, 1907noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 20, 1907noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 25 contested votes scored in the 59th 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
55th · 189757th · 190159th · 1905
Democrat · House · TN55th–56th
Democrat · Senate · TN57th–59th
Term datesexact
Members · Tennessee
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Edward Ward Carmack

Senator from Tennessee
SENATED1897–19075 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
94.8%with Democrats
of 308 votes · 5.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested95%of 308 · combined
Steepest move−6 pts1903→05, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018971905
1905–06 · 59th · Democrat · of 25 votes92%

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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 · 25 contested votes scored in the 59th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

55th · 189759th · 1905
Democrat55th–56th
Democrat57th–59th

Party switchers

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