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James Alexander Reed
Senator from MissouriSENATEDEMOCRAT1911–1929ID R000118
LegislationHEADLINE
79%with Dems
of 1,407 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
79%with Dems
of 1,407 · both combined
Steepest move
+60 pts
1919 → 1921
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 ↓191119171923
1927–2870th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
83.3%with Democrats
of 54 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1919 → 1921, +60 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 2, 1929noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1929H.R. 13929LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1929noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
Feb 28, 1929H.R. 15089LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 23, 1929H.R. 16714LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 23, 1929H.R. 16714LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 21, 1929H.R. 16714LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 19, 1929S. 2901LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 19, 1929S. 2901LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 54 contested votes scored in the 70th 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
9 Congresses62nd · 191170th · 1927
Democrat · Senate · MO62nd–70th
Term datesexact