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George Brown Martin

Senator from Kentucky
SENATEDEMOCRAT1917–1919ID M000181
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LegislationHEADLINE
88%with Dems
of 17 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
88%with Dems
of 17 · 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 ↓1917
1917–1865th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
88.2%with Democrats
of 17 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
Mar 3, 1919H.J.Res. 436No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1919H.J.Res. 436No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1919H.R. 16136No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 16136), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
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NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
Mar 1, 1919H.R. 16136No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1919H.R. 15796No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1919H.R. 15796No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1919noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 22, 1919S. 2812No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 18, 1919H.R. 13462No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 17 contested votes scored in the 65th 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
65th · 1917
Democrat · Senate · KY65th–65th
Term datesexact
Members · Kentucky
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George Brown Martin

Senator from Kentucky
SENATED1917–19191 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
88.2%with Democrats
of 17 votes · 11.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested88%of 17 · combined

Career arc

10050019171917
1917–18 · 65th · Democrat · of 17 votes88.2%

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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 · 17 contested votes scored in the 65th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

65th · 191765th · 1917
Democrat65th–65th

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