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Samuel Dillon Jackson

Senator from Indiana
SENATEDEMOCRAT1943–1945ID J000026
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LegislationHEADLINE
83%with Dems
of 36 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
83%with Dems
of 36 · 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 ↓1943
1943–4478th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
83.3%with Democrats
of 36 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
Sep 15, 1944S. 2105No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 15, 1944S. 2105No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 11, 1944S. 2051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2051), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Aug 11, 1944S. 2051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 11, 1944S. 2051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 20, 1944H.R. 4879No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 20, 1944H.R. 4879No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 20, 1944H.R. 4879No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 20, 1944H.R. 4879No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 36 contested votes scored in the 78th 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

1 Congresses
78th · 1943
Democrat · Senate · IN78th–78th
Term datesexact
Members · Indiana
SJ

Samuel Dillon Jackson

Senator from Indiana
SENATED1943–19451 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
83.3%with Democrats
of 36 votes · 16.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested83%of 36 · combined

Career arc

10050019431943
1943–44 · 78th · Democrat · of 36 votes83.3%

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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 · 36 contested votes scored in the 78th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

78th · 194378th · 1943
Democrat78th–78th

Party switchers

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