Lyndon Baines Johnson

Senator from Texas

SENATEDEMOCRAT1937–1961ID J000160

LegislationHEADLINE

90%with Dems

of 1,412 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

90%with Dems

of 1,412 · both combined

Steepest move

−15 pts

1951 → 1953

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 ↓1937194319491955

1959–6086th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

95.5%with Democrats

of 179 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1951 → 1953, −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

Sep 1, 1960H.R. 4384No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 1, 1960H.R. 13062No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 1, 1960H.R. 4384No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 4384), 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

Open roll call

Sep 1, 1960H.R. 4384No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Sep 1, 1960H.R. 4384No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Aug 29, 1960S. 3713No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Aug 29, 1960S.Res. 334No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Aug 29, 1960S.Res. 334No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Aug 29, 1960H.R. 13161No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 179 contested votes scored in the 86th 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

12 Congresses

75th · 193781st · 194986th · 1959

Democrat · House · TX75th–80th

Democrat · Senate · TX81st–86th

Term datesexact

Lyndon Baines Johnson

Senator from Texas

SENATED1937–196112 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

89.7%with Democrats

of 1,412 votes · 10.3% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested90%of 1,412 · combined

Steepest move−15 pts1951→53, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019371959

1959–60 · 86th · Democrat · of 179 votes95.5%

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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 · 179 contested votes scored in the 86th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

75th · 193786th · 1959

Democrat75th–80th

Democrat81st–86th

Party switchers

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