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James Guthrie

Senator from Kentucky
SENATEDEMOCRAT1865–1869ID G000534
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LegislationHEADLINE
89%with Dems
of 132 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
89%with Dems
of 132 · both combined

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 ↓1865
1865–6639th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
89.4%with Democrats
of 132 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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
Jul 9, 1868H.R. 1284No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
1 most recent roll calls shown · 0 contested votes scored in the 40th 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

2 Congresses
39th · 186540th · 1867
Democrat · Senate · KY39th–40th
Term datesexact
Members · Kentucky
JG

James Guthrie

Senator from Kentucky
SENATED1865–18692 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
89.4%with Democrats
of 132 votes · 10.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested89%of 132 · combined

Career arc

10050018651867
1865–66 · 39th · Democrat · of 132 votes89.4%

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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.
Latest 1 shown · 0 contested votes scored in the 40th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

39th · 186540th · 1867
Democrat39th–40th

Party switchers

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