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John Knight Shields
Senator from TennesseeSENATEDEMOCRAT1913–1925ID S000363
LegislationHEADLINE
80%with Dems
of 1,017 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
80%with Dems
of 1,017 · both combined
Steepest move
+59 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 ↓19131919
1923–2468th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
81.7%with Democrats
of 71 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1919 → 1921, +59 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
Feb 28, 1925H.R. 12392LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 24, 1925S. 3011LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 23, 1925H.R. 518LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 518), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Feb 20, 1925S. 33LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 20, 1925S. 33LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 20, 1925S. 33LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 18, 1925H.R. 12033LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 5, 1925noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 4, 1925noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 71 contested votes scored in the 68th 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
6 Congresses63rd · 191368th · 1923
Democrat · Senate · TN63rd–68th
Term datesexact