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David McKendree Key

Senator from Tennessee
SENATEDEMOCRAT1875–1877ID K000156
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LegislationHEADLINE
79%with Dems
of 200 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
79%with Dems
of 200 · both combined

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 ↓1875
1875–7644th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
79%with Democrats
of 200 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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
Dec 18, 1876S.Res. 172No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 15, 1876H.R. 4197No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 13, 1876S.J.Res. 10No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.J.Res. 10), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored
Dec 7, 1876noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 5, 1876noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 5, 1876noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 5, 1876noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 5, 1876noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 15, 1876H.R. 2835No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 200 contested votes scored in the 44th 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

1 Congresses
44th · 1875
Democrat · Senate · TN44th–44th
Term datesexact
Members · Tennessee
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David McKendree Key

Senator from Tennessee
SENATED1875–18771 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
79%with Democrats
of 200 votes · 21% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested79%of 200 · combined

Career arc

10050018751875
1875–76 · 44th · Democrat · of 200 votes79%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
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Latest 6 shown · 200 contested votes scored in the 44th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

44th · 187544th · 1875
Democrat44th–44th

Party switchers

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