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Ollie Murray James

Senator from Kentucky
SENATEDEMOCRAT1903–1919ID J000051
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LegislationHEADLINE
95%with Dems
of 1,024 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
95%with Dems
of 1,024 · both combined
Steepest move
−12 pts
1915 → 1917
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 ↓190319091915
1917–1865th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
81.8%with Democrats
of 66 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1915 → 1917, −12 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
Aug 4, 1918H.R. 8753No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 20, 1918H.R. 10069No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 6, 1918H.J.Res. 200No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 200), 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
Apr 29, 1918S. 3771No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 12, 1918S. 383No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 11, 1918S. 383No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 10, 1918H.R. 8753No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 29, 1918S.J.Res. 124No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 29, 1918S.J.Res. 124No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 66 contested votes scored in the 65th 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

8 Congresses
58th · 190363rd · 191365th · 1917
Democrat · House · KY58th–62nd
Democrat · Senate · KY63rd–65th
Term datesexact
Members · Kentucky
OJ

Ollie Murray James

Senator from Kentucky
SENATED1903–19198 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
94.8%with Democrats
of 1,024 votes · 5.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested95%of 1,024 · combined
Steepest move−12 pts1915→17, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019031917
1917–18 · 65th · Democrat · of 66 votes81.8%

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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
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 66 contested votes scored in the 65th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

58th · 190365th · 1917
Democrat58th–62nd
Democrat63rd–65th

Party switchers

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