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James Stephen Golden

Representative from Kentucky
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1949–1955ID G000258
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LegislationHEADLINE
16%with Dems
of 292 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
16%with Dems
of 292 · both combined
Steepest move
−10 pts
1949 → 1951
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 ↓1949
1953–5483rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
11.1%with Democrats
of 63 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1949 → 1951, −10 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
Aug 4, 1954S. 16No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 30, 1954H.R. 8384No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 30, 1954H.Con.Res. 266No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Con.Res. 266), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Jul 30, 1954H.R. 9666No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 30, 1954H.R. 7840No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 29, 1954H.Con.Res. 265No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 29, 1954H.R. 9756No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 28, 1954H.Res. 626No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 28, 1954H.R. 8300No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 63 contested votes scored in the 83rd 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
81st · 194983rd · 1953
Republican · House · KY81st–83rd
Term datesexact
Members · Kentucky
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James Stephen Golden

Representative from Kentucky
HOUSER1949–19553 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
15.8%with Democrats
of 292 votes · 84.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested16%of 292 · combined
Steepest move−10 pts1949→51, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019491953
1953–54 · 83rd · Republican · of 63 votes11.1%

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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 · 63 contested votes scored in the 83rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

81st · 194983rd · 1953
Republican81st–83rd

Party switchers

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