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James Proctor Knott

Representative from Kentucky
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1867–1883ID K000290
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LegislationHEADLINE
94%with Dems
of 1,387 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
94%with Dems
of 1,387 · both combined
Steepest move
+5 pts
1879 → 1881
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 ↓186718731879
1881–8247th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
96.3%with Democrats
of 136 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1879 → 1881, +5 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 3, 1883noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1883noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1883noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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 3, 1883H.R. 5538No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1883noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1883H.R. 7314No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1883H.R. 7482No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1883noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1883S. 2046No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 136 contested votes scored in the 47th 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

6 Congresses
40th · 186747th · 1881
Democrat · House · KY40th–47th
Term datesexact
Members · Kentucky
JK

James Proctor Knott

Representative from Kentucky
HOUSED1867–18836 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
94.3%with Democrats
of 1,387 votes · 5.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested94%of 1,387 · combined
Steepest move+5 pts1879→81, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018671881
1881–82 · 47th · Democrat · of 136 votes96.3%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 · 136 contested votes scored in the 47th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

40th · 186747th · 1881
Democrat40th–47th

Party switchers

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