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Robert Ward Johnson

Senator from Arkansas
SENATEDEMOCRAT1857–1861ID J000172
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LegislationHEADLINE
90%with Dems
of 605 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
90%with Dems
of 605 · both combined
Steepest move
+4 pts
1857 → 1859
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 ↓1857
1859–6036th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
91.8%with Democrats
of 279 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1857 → 1859, +4 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
Mar 2, 1861H.J.Res. 80No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1861H.J.Res. 80No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861H.J.Res. 80No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 80), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Mar 2, 1861H.J.Res. 80No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861S.J.Res. 80No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861H.J.Res. 80No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861H.J.Res. 80No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861H.J.Res. 80No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 279 contested votes scored in the 36th 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

2 Congresses
35th · 185736th · 1859
Democrat · Senate · AR35th–36th
Term datesexact
Members · Arkansas
RJ

Robert Ward Johnson

Senator from Arkansas
SENATED1857–18612 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
89.6%with Democrats
of 605 votes · 10.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested90%of 605 · combined
Steepest move+4 pts1857→59, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018571859
1859–60 · 36th · Democrat · of 279 votes91.8%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 279 contested votes scored in the 36th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

35th · 185736th · 1859
Democrat35th–36th

Party switchers

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