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Joseph Lister Hill

Senator from Alabama
SENATEDEMOCRAT1923–1969ID H000598
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LegislationHEADLINE
86%with Dems
of 3,069 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
86%with Dems
of 3,069 · both combined
Steepest move
−24 pts
1963 → 1965
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 ↓19231929193519411947195319591965
1967–6890th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
59.7%with Democrats
of 186 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1963 → 1965, −24 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
Oct 10, 1968H.R. 20300No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 10, 1968H.R. 20300No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 9, 1968H.R. 18037No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 18037), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored
Oct 9, 1968H.R. 18037No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 8, 1968H.R. 2767No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 8, 1968H.R. 2767No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 8, 1968noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 4, 1968H.R. 19908No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 4, 1968H.R. 19908No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 186 contested votes scored in the 90th 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

23 Congresses
68th · 192376th · 193990th · 1967
Democrat · House · AL68th–75th
Democrat · Senate · AL76th–90th
Term datesexact
Members · Alabama
JH

Joseph Lister Hill

Senator from Alabama
SENATED1923–196923 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
86.2%with Democrats
of 3,069 votes · 13.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested86%of 3,069 · combined
Steepest move−24 pts1963→65, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019231967
1967–68 · 90th · Democrat · of 186 votes59.7%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 · 186 contested votes scored in the 90th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

68th · 192390th · 1967
Democrat68th–75th
Democrat76th–90th

Party switchers

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