Charles Curtis

Senator from Kansas

SENATEREPUBLICAN1893–1929ID C001008

LegislationHEADLINE

9%with Dems

of 2,422 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

9%with Dems

of 2,422 · both combined

Steepest move

+21 pts

1905 → 1907

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 ↓189318991905191119171923

1927–2870th Congress

Sat as a Republican

11.6%with Democrats

of 69 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1905 → 1907, +21 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

Mar 2, 1929H.R. 15848No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1929H.R. 15430No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1929H.R. 15430No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 15430), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.

Where this lands

NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Feb 28, 1929H.R. 15089No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Feb 28, 1929H.R. 17223No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 27, 1929noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 27, 1929H.R. 17223No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 27, 1929S. 2366No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Feb 27, 1929H.R. 16878No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 69 contested votes scored in the 70th 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

17 Congresses

53rd · 189360th · 190770th · 1927

Republican · House · KS53rd–59th

Republican · Senate · KS60th–70th

Term datesyears only to 1905 · exact from 1893

Charles Curtis

Senator from Kansas

SENATER1893–192917 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

8.6%with Democrats

of 2,422 votes · 91.4% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested9%of 2,422 · combined

Steepest move+21 pts1905→07, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018931927

1927–28 · 70th · Republican · of 69 votes11.6%

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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

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 69 contested votes scored in the 70th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

53rd · 189370th · 1927

Republican53rd–59th

Republican60th–70th

Party switchers

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