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John Sanford Cohen

Senator from Georgia
SENATEDEMOCRAT1931–1933ID C000597
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LegislationHEADLINE
90%with Dems
of 51 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
90%with Dems
of 51 · both combined

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 ↓1931
1931–3272nd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
90.2%with Democrats
of 51 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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 23, 1932S. 436No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 17, 1932H.R. 7233No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 17, 1932H.R. 7233No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 7233), 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
Dec 17, 1932H.R. 7233No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 17, 1932H.R. 7233No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 16, 1932H.R. 7233No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 16, 1932H.R. 7233No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 16, 1932H.R. 7233No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 14, 1932H.R. 7233No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 51 contested votes scored in the 72nd 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

1 Congresses
72nd · 1931
Democrat · Senate · GA72nd–72nd
Term datesexact
Members · Georgia
JC

John Sanford Cohen

Senator from Georgia
SENATED1931–19331 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
90.2%with Democrats
of 51 votes · 9.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested90%of 51 · combined

Career arc

10050019311931
1931–32 · 72nd · Democrat · of 51 votes90.2%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 51 contested votes scored in the 72nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

72nd · 193172nd · 1931
Democrat72nd–72nd

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