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Philander Chase Knox

Senator from Pennsylvania
SENATEREPUBLICAN1903–1923ID K000296
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LegislationHEADLINE
12%with Dems
of 437 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
12%with Dems
of 437 · both combined
Steepest move
+22 pts
1907 → 1917
still a Republican

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 ↓1903190919151921
1921–2267th Congress
Sat as a Republican
5.9%with Democrats
of 34 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1907 → 1917, +22 pts — within one party label.
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 10, 1921S. 665No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Aug 22, 1921H.R. 8117No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 19, 1921S. 1072No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 1072), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Aug 17, 1921S. 1072No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 16, 1921S.Con.Res. 8No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Aug 16, 1921S. 2131No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Aug 10, 1921noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 4, 1921H.R. 6320No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Aug 3, 1921S. 1915No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 34 contested votes scored in the 67th 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
58th · 190367th · 1921
Republican · Senate · PA58th–67th
Term datesexact
Members · Pennsylvania
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Philander Chase Knox

Senator from Pennsylvania
SENATER1903–19236 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
11.7%with Democrats
of 437 votes · 88.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested12%of 437 · combined
Steepest move+22 pts1907→17, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019031921
1921–22 · 67th · Republican · of 34 votes5.9%

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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 · 34 contested votes scored in the 67th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

58th · 190367th · 1921
Republican58th–67th

Party switchers

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