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Reverdy Johnson

Senator from Maryland
SENATEOTHER PARTY→DEMOCRAT1863–1869ID J000169
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LegislationHEADLINE
72%with Dems
of 574 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
72%with Dems
of 574 · both combined
Steepest move
+20 pts
1863 → 1865
the label changed
Changed parties
39th
O → D · first Congress under it

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 ↓1863O→D · 39th
1867–6840th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
82.7%with Democrats
of 162 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1863 → 1865, +20 pts — the Congress the label changed.
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
Mar 2, 1869H.R. 1672No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 9, 1868H.R. 1284No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 9, 1868H.R. 1284No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 1284), 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
Jul 9, 1868H.R. 1284No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 8, 1868H.R. 1284No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 6, 1868H.R. 1284No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 6, 1868noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 3, 1868S.J.Res. 139No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 3, 1868noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 162 contested votes scored in the 40th 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

3 Congresses
38th · 186339th · 186540th · 1867
Other party · Senate · MD38th–38th
Democrat · Senate · MD39th–40th
Term datesexact
Members · Maryland
RJ

Reverdy Johnson

Senator from Maryland
SENATEO→D1863–18693 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
71.6%with Democrats
of 574 votes · 28.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested72%of 574 · combined
Steepest move+20 pts1863→65, as a Democrat
Changed parties39thO→D

Career arc

100500O→D18631867
1867–68 · 40th · Democrat · of 162 votes82.7%

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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 · 162 contested votes scored in the 40th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

38th · 186340th · 1867
Other party38th–38th
Democrat39th–40th

Other party switchers

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