Richard Coke

Senator from Texas

SENATEDEMOCRAT1877–1895ID C000601

LegislationHEADLINE

93%with Dems

of 3,176 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

93%with Dems

of 3,176 · both combined

Steepest move

+5 pts

1877 → 1879

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

1893–9453rd Congress

Sat as a Democrat

96.2%with Democrats

of 344 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1877 → 1879, +5 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

Mar 2, 1895H.R. 8665No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1895noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

YEASided with the Democratic majority

Open roll call

Feb 28, 1895H.R. 8518No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 28, 1895H.R. 8518No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 26, 1895H.R. 8518No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 26, 1895H.R. 8518No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 23, 1895H.R. 7273No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 344 contested votes scored in the 53rd 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

9 Congresses

45th · 187753rd · 1893

Democrat · Senate · TX45th–53rd

Term datesexact

Richard Coke

Senator from Texas

SENATED1877–18959 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

93.2%with Democrats

of 3,176 votes · 6.8% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested93%of 3,176 · combined

Steepest move+5 pts1877→79, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018771893

1893–94 · 53rd · Democrat · of 344 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 majorityNay

Counts toward scoreYes

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 344 contested votes scored in the 53rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

45th · 187753rd · 1893

Democrat45th–53rd

Party switchers

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