Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston

Senator from South Carolina

SENATEDEMOCRAT1945–1967ID J000195

LegislationHEADLINE

79%with Dems

of 1,669 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

79%with Dems

of 1,669 · both combined

Steepest move

+26 pts

1963 → 1965

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 ↓1945195119571963

1965–6689th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

100%with Democrats

of 1 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1963 → 1965, +26 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

Apr 5, 1965H.R. 5721No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 18, 1965S. 1564No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 16, 1965S. 974No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 974), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Mar 10, 1965H.R. 2998No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 9, 1965S.Con.Res. 2No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 9, 1965S.Con.Res. 2No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 19, 1965S.J.Res. 1No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 1, 1965S. 3No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Jan 28, 1965S. 4No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 1 contested votes scored in the 89th 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

11 Congresses

79th · 194589th · 1965

Democrat · Senate · SC79th–89th

Term datesexact

Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston

Senator from South Carolina

SENATED1945–196711 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

79.3%with Democrats

of 1,669 votes · 20.7% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested79%of 1,669 · combined

Steepest move+26 pts1963→65, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019451965

1965–66 · 89th · Democrat · of 1 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 majorityYea

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 1 contested votes scored in the 89th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

79th · 194589th · 1965

Democrat79th–89th

Party switchers

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