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Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan

Representative from Missouri
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1945–1961ID C000162
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LegislationHEADLINE
91%with Dems
of 604 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
91%with Dems
of 604 · both combined
Steepest move
−11 pts
1951 → 1953
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 ↓194519511957
1959–6086th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
96.2%with Democrats
of 78 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1951 → 1953, −11 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
Aug 31, 1960H.R. 13161No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Aug 26, 1960H.R. 12580No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 24, 1960S.J.Res. 170No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.J.Res. 170), 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
Aug 24, 1960H.Res. 587No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 23, 1960H.Res. 611No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 23, 1960H.Res. 607No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 22, 1960H.R. 9866No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 22, 1960H.R. 5383No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 22, 1960H.R. 12753No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 78 contested votes scored in the 86th 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

7 Congresses
79th · 194586th · 1959
Democrat · House · MO79th–86th
Term datesexact
Members · Missouri
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Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan

Representative from Missouri
HOUSED1945–19617 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
91.2%with Democrats
of 604 votes · 8.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested91%of 604 · combined
Steepest move−11 pts1951→53, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019451959
1959–60 · 86th · Democrat · of 78 votes96.2%

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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 · 78 contested votes scored in the 86th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

79th · 194586th · 1959
Democrat79th–86th

Party switchers

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