James Couzens

Senator from Michigan

SENATEREPUBLICAN1921–1937ID C000812

LegislationHEADLINE

48%with Dems

of 804 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

48%with Dems

of 804 · both combined

Steepest move

−37 pts

1933 → 1935

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 ↓192119271933

1935–3674th Congress

Sat as a Republican

31.3%with Democrats

of 67 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1933 → 1935, −37 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

Jun 20, 1936H.R. 12800No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Jun 20, 1936H.R. 12395No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Jun 19, 1936H.R. 10919No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10919), 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

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Jun 19, 1936H.R. 8555No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Jun 16, 1936S. 4424No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Jun 15, 1936S. 4552No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Jun 15, 1936S. 476No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Jun 5, 1936H.R. 12395No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Jun 3, 1936H.R. 12395No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 67 contested votes scored in the 74th 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

8 Congresses

67th · 192174th · 1935

Republican · Senate · MI67th–74th

Term datesexact

James Couzens

Senator from Michigan

SENATER1921–19378 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

47.5%with Democrats

of 804 votes · 52.5% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested48%of 804 · combined

Steepest move−37 pts1933→35, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019211935

1935–36 · 74th · Republican · of 67 votes31.3%

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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

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Latest 6 shown · 67 contested votes scored in the 74th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

67th · 192174th · 1935

Republican67th–74th

Party switchers

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