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Joseph Forney Johnston

Senator from Alabama
SENATEDEMOCRAT1907–1915ID J000193
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LegislationHEADLINE
92%with Dems
of 465 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
92%with Dems
of 465 · both combined
Steepest move
+14 pts
1911 → 1913
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 ↓19071913
1913–1463rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
100%with Democrats
of 35 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1911 → 1913, +14 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
Aug 1, 1913H.R. 3321No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 30, 1913H.R. 3321No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 30, 1913H.R. 3321No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 3321), 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
Jul 29, 1913H.R. 3321No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 28, 1913H.R. 3321No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 26, 1913H.R. 3321No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 26, 1913H.R. 3321No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 26, 1913H.R. 3321No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 26, 1913H.R. 3321No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 35 contested votes scored in the 63rd 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

4 Congresses
60th · 190763rd · 1913
Democrat · Senate · AL60th–63rd
Term datesexact
Members · Alabama
JJ

Joseph Forney Johnston

Senator from Alabama
SENATED1907–19154 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
91.6%with Democrats
of 465 votes · 8.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested92%of 465 · combined
Steepest move+14 pts1911→13, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019071913
1913–14 · 63rd · Democrat · of 35 votes100%

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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 · 35 contested votes scored in the 63rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

60th · 190763rd · 1913
Democrat60th–63rd

Party switchers

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