James Bennett McCreary

Senator from Kentucky

SENATEDEMOCRAT1885–1909ID M000382

LegislationHEADLINE

89%with Dems

of 1,175 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

89%with Dems

of 1,175 · both combined

Steepest move

+12 pts

1891 → 1893

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 ↓1885189118971903

1907–0860th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

83.7%with Democrats

of 43 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1891 → 1893, +12 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, 1909H.J.Res. 235No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1909noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1909H.R. 28167No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 28167), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Mar 2, 1909S. 8899No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1909S. 2982No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1909S.Res. 306No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Feb 26, 1909H.R. 27053No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Feb 25, 1909H.R. 27053No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 23, 1909S. 5729No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 43 contested votes scored in the 60th 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

9 Congresses

49th · 188558th · 190360th · 1907

Democrat · House · KY49th–54th

Democrat · Senate · KY58th–60th

Term datesexact

James Bennett McCreary

Senator from Kentucky

SENATED1885–19099 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

89.3%with Democrats

of 1,175 votes · 10.7% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested89%of 1,175 · combined

Steepest move+12 pts1891→93, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018851907

1907–08 · 60th · Democrat · of 43 votes83.7%

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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 · 43 contested votes scored in the 60th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

49th · 188560th · 1907

Democrat49th–54th

Democrat58th–60th

Party switchers

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