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Joseph Taylor Robinson
Senator from ArkansasSENATEDEMOCRAT1903–1939ID R000347
LegislationHEADLINE
92%with Dems
of 2,173 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
92%with Dems
of 2,173 · both combined
Steepest move
−13 pts
1929 → 1931
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 ↓190319091915192119271933
1937–3875th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
96%with Democrats
of 25 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1929 → 1931, −13 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
Jun 28, 1937H.R. 6958LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 24, 1937H.J.Res. 375LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 24, 1937H.J.Res. 375LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 375), 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
Jun 24, 1937H.J.Res. 375LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 23, 1937H.R. 6692LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 22, 1937H.J.Res. 361LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 21, 1937H.J.Res. 361LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 21, 1937H.J.Res. 361LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 15, 1937H.J.Res. 361LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 25 contested votes scored in the 75th 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
18 Congresses58th · 190363rd · 191375th · 1937
Democrat · House · AR58th–62nd
Democrat · Senate · AR63rd–75th
Term datesexact