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Joseph Swagar Sherley
Representative from KentuckyHOUSEDEMOCRAT1903–1919ID S000343
LegislationHEADLINE
87%with Dems
of 713 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
87%with Dems
of 713 · both combined
Steepest move
−8 pts
1907 → 1909
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 ↓190319091915
1917–1865th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
84%with Democrats
of 81 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1907 → 1909, −8 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 1, 1919noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1919noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1919noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
Feb 28, 1919S. 1419LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1919H.R. 16187LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 26, 1919H.R. 16136LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1919H.R. 16136LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1919H.R. 13274LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 21, 1919H.R. 16020LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 81 contested votes scored in the 65th 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
8 Congresses58th · 190365th · 1917
Democrat · House · KY58th–65th
Term datesexact