Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison

Senator from Mississippi

SENATEDEMOCRAT1911–1943ID H000265

LegislationHEADLINE

92%with Dems

of 2,202 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

92%with Dems

of 2,202 · both combined

Steepest move

−21 pts

1935 → 1937

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 ↓191119171923192919351941

1941–4277th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

95.7%with Democrats

of 23 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1935 → 1937, −21 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

Jun 20, 1941H.J.Res. 193No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jun 19, 1941H.J.Res. 193No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Jun 12, 1941H.R. 4756No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 4756), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored

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Jun 12, 1941S. 1524No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jun 3, 1941S. 937No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

May 15, 1941H.R. 4466No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

May 15, 1941H.R. 4466No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 23 contested votes scored in the 77th 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

16 Congresses

62nd · 191166th · 191977th · 1941

Democrat · House · MS62nd–65th

Democrat · Senate · MS66th–77th

Term datesexact

Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison

Senator from Mississippi

SENATED1911–194316 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

91.9%with Democrats

of 2,202 votes · 8.1% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested92%of 2,202 · combined

Steepest move−21 pts1935→37, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019111941

1941–42 · 77th · Democrat · of 23 votes95.7%

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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 · 23 contested votes scored in the 77th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

62nd · 191177th · 1941

Democrat62nd–65th

Democrat66th–77th

Party switchers

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