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John Franklin Shafroth

Senator from Colorado
SENATEREPUBLICAN→OTHER PARTY→DEMOCRAT1895–1919ID S000279
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LegislationHEADLINE
84%with Dems
of 1,122 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
84%with Dems
of 1,122 · both combined
Steepest move
+42 pts
1895 → 1897
the label changed
Changed parties
55th
R → O · first Congress under it

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 ↓1895190119071913R→O · 55th
1917–1865th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
75.2%with Democrats
of 161 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1895 → 1897, +42 pts — the Congress the label changed.
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, 1919H.J.Res. 436No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1919H.J.Res. 436No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1919H.R. 16136No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 16136), 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
Mar 1, 1919H.R. 16136No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1919H.R. 15796No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1919H.R. 15796No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 27, 1919noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 22, 1919S. 2812No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 18, 1919H.R. 13462No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 161 contested votes scored in the 65th 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

8 Congresses
54th · 189555th · 189758th · 190363rd · 191365th · 1917
Republican · House · CO54th–54th
Other party · House · CO55th–57th
Democrat · House · CO58th–58th
Democrat · Senate · CO63rd–65th
Term datesexact
Members · Colorado
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John Franklin Shafroth

Senator from Colorado
SENATER→O→D1895–19198 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
83.8%with Democrats
of 1,122 votes · 16.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested84%of 1,122 · combined
Steepest move+42 pts1895→97, under another label
Changed parties55thR→O

Career arc

100500R→O18951917
1917–18 · 65th · Democrat · of 161 votes75.2%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 161 contested votes scored in the 65th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

54th · 189565th · 1917
Republican54th–54th
Other party55th–57th
Democrat58th–58th
Democrat63rd–65th

Other party switchers

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