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Edwin Carl Johnson

Senator from Colorado
SENATEDEMOCRAT1937–1955ID J000127
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LegislationHEADLINE
58%with Dems
of 1,319 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
58%with Dems
of 1,319 · both combined
Steepest move
+15 pts
1941 → 1943
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 ↓193719431949
1953–5483rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
66.4%with Democrats
of 128 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1941 → 1943, +15 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
Dec 1, 1954S.Res. 301No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 1, 1954S.Res. 301No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 1, 1954S.Res. 301No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.Res. 301), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Dec 1, 1954S.Res. 301No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 1, 1954S.Res. 301No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 1, 1954S.Res. 301No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 1, 1954S.Res. 301No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 1, 1954S.Res. 301No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 18, 1954S.Res. 331No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 128 contested votes scored in the 83rd 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

9 Congresses
75th · 193783rd · 1953
Democrat · Senate · CO75th–83rd
Term datesexact
Members · Colorado
EJ

Edwin Carl Johnson

Senator from Colorado
SENATED1937–19559 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
57.6%with Democrats
of 1,319 votes · 42.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested58%of 1,319 · combined
Steepest move+15 pts1941→43, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019371953
1953–54 · 83rd · Democrat · of 128 votes66.4%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 128 contested votes scored in the 83rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

75th · 193783rd · 1953
Democrat75th–83rd

Party switchers

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