John Sherman Cooper

Senator from Kentucky

SENATEREPUBLICAN1947–1973ID C000758

LegislationHEADLINE

40%with Dems

of 1,928 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

40%with Dems

of 1,928 · both combined

Steepest move

+11 pts

1953 → 1957

still a Republican

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 ↓19471953195919651971

1971–7292nd Congress

Sat as a Republican

36.3%with Democrats

of 347 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1953 → 1957, +11 pts — within one party label.

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

Oct 17, 1972S. 2770No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 17, 1972H.J.Res. 1331No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Oct 17, 1972H.R. 16810No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 16810), 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

Open roll call

Oct 17, 1972H.R. 16810No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Oct 14, 1972H.R. 1478No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Oct 14, 1972H.R. 17034No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 14, 1972H.R. 12807No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 14, 1972H.R. 16810No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 347 contested votes scored in the 92nd 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

10 Congresses

80th · 194792nd · 1971

Republican · Senate · KY80th–92nd

Term datesexact

John Sherman Cooper

Senator from Kentucky

SENATER1947–197310 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

39.7%with Democrats

of 1,928 votes · 60.3% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested40%of 1,928 · combined

Steepest move+11 pts1953→57, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019471971

1971–72 · 92nd · Republican · of 347 votes36.3%

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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 · 347 contested votes scored in the 92nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

80th · 194792nd · 1971

Republican80th–92nd

Party switchers

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