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James Franklin Fulbright

Representative from Missouri
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1923–1933ID F000400
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LegislationHEADLINE
91%with Dems
of 170 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
91%with Dems
of 170 · both combined
Steepest move
+5 pts
1923 → 1927
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 ↓19231929
1931–3272nd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
94.2%with Democrats
of 52 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1923 → 1927, +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
Feb 22, 1933H.R. 14724No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 21, 1933H.R. 13520No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 21, 1933H.R. 13520No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 13520), 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
Feb 20, 1933S.J.Res. 211No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 18, 1933H.R. 14643No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 13, 1933H.R. 8557No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 10, 1933H.R. 373No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 7, 1933H.R. 9921No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 3, 1933H.R. 14458No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 52 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

3 Congresses
68th · 192372nd · 1931
Democrat · House · MO68th–72nd
Term datesexact
Members · Missouri
JF

James Franklin Fulbright

Representative from Missouri
HOUSED1923–19333 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
90.6%with Democrats
of 170 votes · 9.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested91%of 170 · combined
Steepest move+5 pts1923→27, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019231931
1931–32 · 72nd · Democrat · of 52 votes94.2%

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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 · 52 contested votes scored in the 72nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

68th · 192372nd · 1931
Democrat68th–72nd

Party switchers

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