Brent Spence

Representative from Kentucky

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1931–1963ID S000717

LegislationHEADLINE

92%with Dems

of 1,481 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

92%with Dems

of 1,481 · both combined

Steepest move

−14 pts

1951 → 1953

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 ↓193119371943194919551961

1961–6287th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

96.7%with Democrats

of 92 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1951 → 1953, −14 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

Oct 13, 1962H.R. 12900No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Oct 11, 1962S. 3451No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 4, 1962H.R. 12648No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12648), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Oct 4, 1962S. 1552No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 4, 1962H.R. 11970No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 3, 1962H.Res. 823No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 2, 1962H.Res. 822No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 1, 1962H.Res. 818No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 26, 1962S.J.Res. 230No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 92 contested votes scored in the 87th 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

16 Congresses

72nd · 193187th · 1961

Democrat · House · KY72nd–87th

Term datesexact

Brent Spence

Representative from Kentucky

HOUSED1931–196316 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

92.2%with Democrats

of 1,481 votes · 7.8% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested92%of 1,481 · combined

Steepest move−14 pts1951→53, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019311961

1961–62 · 87th · Democrat · of 92 votes96.7%

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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 majorityYea

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 92 contested votes scored in the 87th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

72nd · 193187th · 1961

Democrat72nd–87th

Party switchers

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