Ben Johnson

Representative from Kentucky

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1907–1927ID J000118

LegislationHEADLINE

85%with Dems

of 1,087 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

85%with Dems

of 1,087 · both combined

Steepest move

+28 pts

1923 → 1925

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 ↓1907191319191925

1925–2669th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

78.9%with Democrats

of 19 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1923 → 1925, +28 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

Feb 22, 1927H.Res. 432No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Feb 19, 1927S. 1640No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 17, 1927S. 4808No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 4808), 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

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Feb 17, 1927S. 4808No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 17, 1927noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Feb 10, 1927H.R. 16462No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 9, 1927H.Res. 405No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 7, 1927S. 4663No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 4, 1927H.R. 16462No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 19 contested votes scored in the 69th 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

10 Congresses

60th · 190769th · 1925

Democrat · House · KY60th–69th

Term datesexact

Ben Johnson

Representative from Kentucky

HOUSED1907–192710 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

84.6%with Democrats

of 1,087 votes · 15.4% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested85%of 1,087 · combined

Steepest move+28 pts1923→25, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019071925

1925–26 · 69th · Democrat · of 19 votes78.9%

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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 · 19 contested votes scored in the 69th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

60th · 190769th · 1925

Democrat60th–69th

Party switchers

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