JM
James Edward Murray
Senator from MontanaSENATEDEMOCRAT1935–1961ID M001108
LegislationHEADLINE
89%with Dems
of 1,689 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
89%with Dems
of 1,689 · both combined
Steepest move
+12 pts
1939 → 1941
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 ↓19351941194719531959
1959–6086th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
93.4%with Democrats
of 182 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1939 → 1941, +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
Sep 1, 1960H.R. 4384LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 1, 1960H.R. 13062LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 1, 1960H.R. 4384LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 4384), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Sep 1, 1960H.R. 4384LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 1, 1960H.R. 4384LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 29, 1960S. 3713LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 29, 1960S.Res. 334LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 29, 1960S.Res. 334LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 29, 1960H.R. 13161LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 182 contested votes scored in the 86th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
13 Congresses74th · 193586th · 1959
Democrat · Senate · MT74th–86th
Term datesexact