James Paul Clarke

Senator from Arkansas

SENATEDEMOCRAT1903–1917ID C000463

LegislationHEADLINE

81%with Dems

of 495 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

81%with Dems

of 495 · both combined

Steepest move

+16 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 ↓190319091915

1915–1664th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

82.1%with Democrats

of 67 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1903 → 1905, +16 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

Sep 2, 1916H.R. 17700No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Sep 2, 1916H.R. 17700No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Sep 2, 1916H.R. 17700No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 17700), 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

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Sep 2, 1916H.R. 17700No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Aug 29, 1916H.R. 16763No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Aug 28, 1916H.R. 16763No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 18, 1916H.R. 15455No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Aug 18, 1916H.R. 15455No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 67 contested votes scored in the 64th 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

58th · 190364th · 1915

Democrat · Senate · AR58th–64th

Term datesexact

James Paul Clarke

Senator from Arkansas

SENATED1903–19177 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

81.4%with Democrats

of 495 votes · 18.6% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested81%of 495 · combined

Steepest move+16 pts1903→05, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019031915

1915–16 · 64th · Democrat · of 67 votes82.1%

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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

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Latest 6 shown · 67 contested votes scored in the 64th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

58th · 190364th · 1915

Democrat58th–64th

Party switchers

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