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John Frost Nugent

Senator from Idaho
SENATEDEMOCRAT1917–1921ID N000169
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LegislationHEADLINE
83%with Dems
of 292 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
83%with Dems
of 292 · both combined
Steepest move
+16 pts
1917 → 1919
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 ↓1917
1919–2066th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
87.5%with Democrats
of 208 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1917 → 1919, +16 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
Jan 14, 1921S.J.Res. 236No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 14, 1921S. 3390No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 14, 1921S. 3390No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3390), 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
Jan 14, 1921S. 3390No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 13, 1921S. 3390No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 13, 1921S. 3390No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 12, 1921S. 3390No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 11, 1921S. 3390No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 8, 1921S. 3390No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 208 contested votes scored in the 66th 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

2 Congresses
65th · 191766th · 1919
Democrat · Senate · ID65th–66th
Term datesexact
Members · Idaho
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John Frost Nugent

Senator from Idaho
SENATED1917–19212 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
82.9%with Democrats
of 292 votes · 17.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested83%of 292 · combined
Steepest move+16 pts1917→19, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019171919
1919–20 · 66th · Democrat · of 208 votes87.5%

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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 · 208 contested votes scored in the 66th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

65th · 191766th · 1919
Democrat65th–66th

Party switchers

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