Benjamin Everett Jordan

Senator from North Carolina

SENATEDEMOCRAT1957–1973ID J000267

LegislationHEADLINE

51%with Dems

of 1,510 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

51%with Dems

of 1,510 · both combined

Steepest move

−23 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 ↓195719631969

1971–7292nd Congress

Sat as a Democrat

49.1%with Democrats

of 285 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1963 → 1965, −23 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

Oct 17, 1972S. 2770No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 17, 1972H.J.Res. 1331No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 17, 1972H.R. 16810No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 16810), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Oct 17, 1972H.R. 16810No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Oct 17, 1972H.R. 1No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 14, 1972H.R. 1478No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 14, 1972H.R. 17034No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 14, 1972H.R. 12807No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Oct 14, 1972H.R. 12807No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 285 contested votes scored in the 92nd 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

8 Congresses

85th · 195792nd · 1971

Democrat · Senate · NC85th–92nd

Term datesexact

Benjamin Everett Jordan

Senator from North Carolina

SENATED1957–19738 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

51.2%with Democrats

of 1,510 votes · 48.8% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested51%of 1,510 · combined

Steepest move−23 pts1963→65, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019571971

1971–72 · 92nd · Democrat · of 285 votes49.1%

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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 · 285 contested votes scored in the 92nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

85th · 195792nd · 1971

Democrat85th–92nd

Party switchers

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